Kansas City must be clear-eyed about spending taxpayer money to build stadiums for billionaires

Kansas City must be clear-eyed about spending taxpayer money to build stadiums for billionaires

A rendering of the Royals proposed downtown ballpark (image submitted).Should a city’s love of beloved sports franchises outweigh their financial considerations? Long time Missouri sports reporter, Vahe Gregorian, wrote a moving and nostalgic piece in The Kansas City Star about the Royals, their cherished place in our collective identity, and their desire to build a baseball park downtown. The emotional pull is undeniable. As a transplant to Kan…