Wichita: What would you like to see w/i 10 years?

[MoValley John]

If I lived in Wichita, which I don't, I'd like to see year round fireworks stands on every street corner.

[ShockBand]

My wife and I were out and about downtown last night. We both were surprised the volume of people in the area. Seemed like a lot of stuff was going on. Nice sign.

Last night was Final Friday, so that probably helped pump up the activity outside of the Old Town zone. The Delano district was busy in the early evening hours last night.

[WstateU]

This is impressive to me...

Riverfest sees continued rise in attendance

http://ksn.com/2016/06/15/riverfest-sees-continued-rise-in-attendance-sponsorships/

P.S. Maybe 600,000 attendance in 10 years?

[Aargh]

Within the next 10 years, I hope to see Wichita in my rear view mirror one last time. I didn't get any of the great Brownback giveaway, and I'd rather not be here when the bills for that come due.

[pogo]

Within the next 10 years, I hope to see Wichita in my rear view mirror one last time. I didn't get any of the great Brownback giveaway, and I'd rather not be here when the bills for that come due.

You and I are about the same age so our next move may be to the great beyond. :)

[Shockerman]

How about Wichita State Football???

[WuDrWu]

You and I are about the same age so our next move may be to the great beyond. :)

That's NOT what I want to see, from either of you, in the next 10 years....or more.

[Veritas]

Potential good news for Downtown and baseball

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2016/09/sources-star-bond-deal-in-the-works-for-downtown.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2016-09-10&u=yyqEzIH4XISngLlHVG30q3Kbyt%2B&t=1473523054&j=75739882

[Shocker-maniac]

Potential good news for Downtown and baseball

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/b...054&j=75739882

This would be a very positive development. It's been interesting to see the revitalization of downtown. In the past, it's been kind of under the radar, but it definitely seems to be gaining momentum.

[Shocker-maniac]

"A new Lawrence-Dumont Stadium – everything new except the light standards. Double-A baseball by 2019, with the San Antonio Missions moving to town. A professional soccer stadium. An interactive downtown museum celebrating Wichita’s deep baseball heritage, emphasizing 81 years of the resurgent National Baseball Congress."

This is the first time that I've heard discussion of building a "professional soccer stadium" in Wichita. I wonder what is driving this? I wonder if this is for FC Wichita or is something else in the works? Might be a good place for Shocker Soccer games, if WSU were to add NCAA soccer.

[WuDrWu]

Potential good news for Downtown and baseball

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/b...054&j=75739882

I don't mind these things as long as A) they get voted on and B) the taxes go away.

If you don't know, hotels STILL collect an extra tax intended to fund the Lawrence Dumont renovations....2 renovations ago!

The sunset clauses MUST be air tight and no opportunity to revoke including some bizarre "we have to vote to end it" crap.

[Veritas]

-- a new skyscraper. It has been about 30 years since the last one was built. As Paula Cole sings " flatter than a Downtown Wichita skyline."
-- train service to KC, OKC, and DFW
-- a few large employers besides the airplane companies and Koch.
-- new downtown baseball stadium with a AAA team
-- 6-8k amphitheater located next to the new LD baseball stadium
-- tax incentives for refurbishing some of the older Wichita neighborhoods. The houses are falling apart.
-- City League poaching Derby, Andover, Maize, Haysville schools
-- City of Wichita annexing the entire Sedgwick County
-- slot machines at the newly reopened dog track

What say you?

Update!
#1 won't happen but at least Cargill is staying downtown (by the way I stand corrected, it was Shawn Colvin who sang that song; not Paula Cole)

Nice to see the possibility of #4 point coming to fruition.

http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article111644377.html

[DUShock]

Update!
#1 won't happen but at least Cargill is staying downtown (by the way I stand corrected, it was Shawn Colvin who sang that song; not Paula Cole)

A link to Shawn Colvin's song, "Wichita Skyline." She played the song the last time she was here a year or three ago at the Orpheum with Mary Chaplin Carpenter. A good concert.

https://youtu.be/8H2raVfClgw