By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
As the legislative session wraps up this week, a late push is being considered that would keep the Kansas City Royals in Missouri.
Missouri lawmakers are considering a $300 million incentive package aimed to build a new Royals stadium in Clay County, a plan which seems to have Governor Mike Kehoe’s support.
Kehoe has been vocal about keeping the Royals in Missouri and says it needs to be looked at like any economic development opportunity
“We’re going to use the economic development tools we have in our toolbox, probably have to modify a few of those a little bit, to where it’s a good return on investment for the taxpayers and it keeps the teams in Missouri to where we continue to where we continue to have that economic result that we get from those teams being here,” Kehoe tells reporters.
Kehoe says there have been multiple leadership meetings happening to figure things out ahead of Friday’s deadline
“Meetings with county commissioners from both counties, or legislators I should say from Jackson County, elected officials, it takes more than just one person to figure something out,” Kehoe says. “So, you want to try to get as many people on the team to figure out what the best ideas are and what it actually takes again to keep them here but also be responsible to the taxpayers that sent us to that building.”
All signs seem to point to Clay County as the preferred location for a new stadium.
While Kehoe has been vocal about keeping the Royals in Missouri, will he push lawmakers to get something done before Friday’s deadline?
“Yeah, they’ll have some options, I’m pretty confident they’ll get something done,” Kehoe says.
The legislative session wraps up Friday at 6pm.
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