Washington Square Park. A cluster of lots in North Kansas City. The former Sprint Campus in Overland Park. Perhaps even the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s headquarters, just west of 18th Street and the Paseo.
In more than a year since Jackson County voters resoundingly rejected a sales tax to help finance a stadium in the Crossroads, the Kansas City Royals have pondered sites across the metro area.
In the meantime, the Kansas Legislature passed a law that would allow STAR bonds to be used to help cover stadium expenses for the Royals and the Chiefs. But experts warn that the Kansas deal may not generate enough tax revenue to cover the 70% of stadium costs that the state is promising — particularly if both teams moved to Kansas…