New Downtown Baseball Stadium, AAA Club, and Associated RE Development

[NCAABound]

Looks pretty blah to me

[ShockerFever]

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article224930425.html

Comments on the actual renderings and plans?

[WstateU]

Baby Cakes owner wants Wichita ballpark area to be 'magical destination

Q: Wichita has a long history with minor-league ball, but it hasn't always been successful history. Did that worry you?

A: Not at all. This is my 40th year in baseball and two of my oldest friends in the sport are Eric Wedge, who was an All-American who led Wichita State to a national championship in baseball in 1989, and Arnie Beyeler, who played for Wichita State and has seven World Series rings, four with the New York Yankees and three with the Boston Red Sox (as part of the organizations). Arnie was our manager in New Orleans for two years and both of them raved about what great fans the city of Wichita and the state of Kansas have. We're enthused about looking forward, we're not necessarily concerned about the past. With the mayor's leadership and the approval of a new state-of-the-art ballpark, this is really going to be a renaissance for the community. The riverfront in downtown Wichita is going to be transformed to a magical destination.

https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/...317&j=85356251


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[WstateU]

Wishful thinking...

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LoL!

P.S. Why is the Arkansas blue?


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[WstateU]

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[WstateU]

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[1972Shocker]

Yes, that is discussed in the article I linked to. WstateU described it accurately. My guess is George Laham and his partners made the Chruch a nice deal.

From the article:

The developers are working with Metropolitan Baptist Church, which currently is at the property and will retain a small presence with the redevelopment.

“The land is important to our congregation and we wanted to do what is best for us and our City,” said Mason Lampkin, the church’s pastor, in a statement.

The church is going to renovate part of its existing building.

“They will downsize to a much more manageable facility,” Laham says.

He says it will fit with the new development, but “they’ll have their own unique design.”

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Will they be meeting in the pool? LOL! There's no room left in that rendering. It's all good though, we have too many churches in Wichita as it is. We need to see more congregations get off their high horse and merge with others of like faith. It's time to put away the egos. All these half-failing churches do nothing but squander God's money.


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[WstateU]

I believe that is correct. I read somewhere (I'll have to search) that the church will downsize and still have a presence at the same site.

[kcshocker]

I haven't lived in Wichita since 2000, but wasn't there / isn't there a church located at that location where the new business are shown?

[1972Shocker]

Major development to bring restaurants, other businesses to riverfront near stadium

BY CARRIE RENGERS

https://www.kansas.com/news/business...220805660.html

[vbird53]

When does demo start? Could we get an old-timey exhibition baseball game in the spirit of Hap Dumont to send off the old stadium? Use it as a fundraiser for the NBC, or something...

[WstateU]

They should make the new stadium look like a big glass hotdog. Then the new look of Century II will make more sense.

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