On Monday, July 27 at 6 p.m., the Regnier Theatre inside Union Station turns into ground zero for Kansas City’s biggest stadium debate in years. A public hearing on rezoning tied to the Kansas City Royals’ proposed downtown ballpark will lay out a plan to retool a sizable portion of Crown Center into a sports‑and‑entertainment district built around a new stadium, new public plazas and a reworked street network. Neighbors, downtown employees and Royals fans will have the opportunity to attend and comment. City officials and developers describe the filing as an early step in what they say will be a lengthy review and approvals process.
The meeting notice and details were outlined by KMBC, which reports that the session will focus on a rezoning application for Crown Center. According to the station, the request would create a new sports and entertainment zoning district and formally open a public comment period on the preliminary plan.
What the filing actually says
The rezoning packet filed with the city lists a gross land area of about 67.93 acres and a proposed jump in total building area from roughly 9.1 million square feet to nearly 12.6 million square feet, figures drawn directly from the plan documents. The version posted on Scribd also frames a $1.9 billion ballpark as the centerpiece of a roughly $3 billion mixed‑use redevelopment, as reported by the Kansas City Star.
Local coverage notes some variation in how big the ballpark district really is, with trade reports describing it at sizes ranging from the high‑60s in acres to more than 90 acres, depending on which parcels make the cut. For visual aids, maps and quick-hit breakdowns of the layout, see coverage from KCTV and the Kansas City Business Journal…