KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals have confirmed with FOX4 that a business affiliated with the team has bought the mortgage of a possible stadium site in Johnson County, Kansas — the old Sprint Campus near 119th and Nall, now known as Aspiria.
“The Kansas City Royals continue to explore all options throughout our community to develop a new stadium for the team,” part of a team statement said that FOX4 obtained late Wednesday afternoon. “We have not yet decided on a site, and any assertion to the contrary is inaccurate.”
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“As part of our ongoing efforts, we have negotiated with or made investments in multiple potential sites – both in Missouri and in Kansas,” the statement goes on to say. “One of these investments was the acquisition (by an affiliate of the Royals) of the mortgage on the Aspiria campus through an arms-length sale process.”
Earlier Wednesday, FOX4 talked to three elected leaders on the Missouri side about the upcoming special session that Missouri lawmakers will have. One of the main priorities of the special session will be Republican Governor Mike Kehoe’s stadium package that tries to keep both teams in the Show-Me State…