Comments on: Rough start for P&L District http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:38:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/comment-page-1/#comment-190919 Tim Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:25:26 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/#comment-190919 Having all that variety downtown is also a huge selling point for convention business. Downtown was filled with abandoned, decaying buildings before this project, and a really scary ghost town after dark. Having all that variety downtown is also a huge selling point for convention business. Downtown was filled with abandoned, decaying buildings before this project, and a really scary ghost town after dark.

]]> By: JB http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/comment-page-1/#comment-190917 JB Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:09:23 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/#comment-190917 I made it downtown this weekend for a show and the area has a long way to go to win me over. At least they're trying. I made it downtown this weekend for a show and the area has a long way to go to win me over. At least they’re trying.

]]> By: M http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/comment-page-1/#comment-190916 M Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:36:31 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/#comment-190916 Actually, there was plenty going on downtown before the Power and Light District. There was (and still is) The Lyric, The Folly, The Music Hall, Quality Hill, and more recently, the KC Rep. It's just that without somewhere to eat, people would go to these venues and then go back home. The only reason it has looked like a "war zone" downtown is because of all the construction. Which will be done eventually. Actually, there was plenty going on downtown before the Power and Light District. There was (and still is) The Lyric, The Folly, The Music Hall, Quality Hill, and more recently, the KC Rep. It’s just that without somewhere to eat, people would go to these venues and then go back home.

The only reason it has looked like a “war zone” downtown is because of all the construction. Which will be done eventually.

]]> By: Tim http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/comment-page-1/#comment-190913 Tim Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:31:57 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/#comment-190913 I wouldn't be so sure it's going to lose money. Without the entertainment district and Sprint Center, nothing would be happening downtown, it would still look like a third world war zone, and the city would continue in a downward spiral. Sure, I wish everything was open already, but I still think it was necessary. People need to think about the long term. Think what it means to us over decades, not months. The people who constantly put their own city down need to travel more. People in other cities brag about what they have, and it does a lot to improve their images around the country if not the world. Let's be proud of what we're trying to do to make our city viable well into the future. I wouldn’t be so sure it’s going to lose money. Without the entertainment district and Sprint Center, nothing would be happening downtown, it would still look like a third world war zone, and the city would continue in a downward spiral. Sure, I wish everything was open already, but I still think it was necessary. People need to think about the long term. Think what it means to us over decades, not months. The people who constantly put their own city down need to travel more. People in other cities brag about what they have, and it does a lot to improve their images around the country if not the world. Let’s be proud of what we’re trying to do to make our city viable well into the future.

]]> By: funkfan http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/comment-page-1/#comment-190910 funkfan Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:53:50 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/02/rough-start-for-pl-district/#comment-190910 We told them. They didn't listen. They bashed Funkhouser for "being negative" about P&L. Now they're going to blame him for it losing money. The people of Kansas City are idiots. We told them. They didn’t listen. They bashed Funkhouser for “being negative” about P&L. Now they’re going to blame him for it losing money. The people of Kansas City are idiots.

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