For decades, the halls of the historic brick building at 17th and McGee streets were filled with the sounds of clicking typewriter keys and smells of fresh newsprint.
Now the former Kansas City Star building, which the paper vacated in 2018, will smell of Miller High Life and peach margaritas. The sounds of ping-pong balls bouncing and bags hitting cornhole boards will reverberate throughout the halls.
Ricochet — an Iowa-based concept that offers shuffleboard, darts, bumper pool, billiards, board games, Skee-Ball and more — opened a spot in Kansas City at 1720 McGee St…