Comments on: Village West becomes outlet mall, gets new public art http://blogkc.com/archives/2010/03/village-west-becomes-outlet-mall-gets-new-public-art/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tacitus http://blogkc.com/archives/2010/03/village-west-becomes-outlet-mall-gets-new-public-art/comment-page-1/#comment-196110 tacitus Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:38:10 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=2891#comment-196110 What do you make of it? Is this the beginning of a repetitive circle around the toilet-bowl for the "Legends"? It seems to me if the Great Mall out near Gardner can't thrive, then a parking lot big-box collection of retailers way out west on I-70 doesn't have much of a chance. Some people talk about the raceway as being a big attraction, but I think their numbers (and definitely revenue) have been trending down the last 3 years. Consider how they used to prevent people from bringing their own alcohol / food / soda into the raceway, to help drive up revenue. These days, you can bring all the alcohol / food / soda you please, instead of paying for $9 beers and $7 burgers. This has a huge impact on the profitability of the entire project. Do you suppose Cerner is re-thinking the viability of their decision? I suspect the site isn't so attractive with a name like "Village West Outlet Center". What do you make of it? Is this the beginning of a repetitive circle around the toilet-bowl for the “Legends”?

It seems to me if the Great Mall out near Gardner can’t thrive, then a parking lot big-box collection of retailers way out west on I-70 doesn’t have much of a chance.

Some people talk about the raceway as being a big attraction, but I think their numbers (and definitely revenue) have been trending down the last 3 years. Consider how they used to prevent people from bringing their own alcohol / food / soda into the raceway, to help drive up revenue. These days, you can bring all the alcohol / food / soda you please, instead of paying for $9 beers and $7 burgers. This has a huge impact on the profitability of the entire project.

Do you suppose Cerner is re-thinking the viability of their decision? I suspect the site isn’t so attractive with a name like “Village West Outlet Center”.

]]> By: Mark http://blogkc.com/archives/2010/03/village-west-becomes-outlet-mall-gets-new-public-art/comment-page-1/#comment-196109 Mark Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:56:38 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=2891#comment-196109 Most of the people who fit that description can still be found getting mugged and purse-snatched in the parking lot of the nearby Walmart. Most of the people who fit that description can still be found getting mugged and purse-snatched in the parking lot of the nearby Walmart.

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