Crown Center

Kansas City Power and Light District

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | July 22, 2026

Missouri Doubles Down on Failed Economic Development Scheme

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Royals, Royals subsidies, stadium subsidies

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | June 12, 2026

Kansas City Mum on Royals Ransom

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Chiefs, stadium subsidies, corporate welfare, Crown Center

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | April 23, 2026

Next Up on Chiefs and Royals Stadium Saga

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | May 5, 2016

The Crown Center Blight Expansion Is Bad Policy. Period.

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | October 14, 2015

The Convention Hotel’s Promised Occupancy Rates Are Suspect

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | July 9, 2015

How the Convention Hotel Could Drain the General Fund

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Economy | ARTICLE | June 1, 2015

Kansas City’s Reverse Robin Hood

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | March 28, 2012

Double Trouble: Kansas City Considers Extending Trolley Line To Plaza

By Patrick Ishmael | Read Time 2 min

Economy | ARTICLE | November 24, 2011

A Streetcar Too Far: Vanity Rail Lines Are a Waste of Kansas City Tax Dollars

By Patrick Ishmael | Read Time 3 min

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