Tag: Chris Long

KC’s sports business icons joining the roster for Junior Achievement Hall of Fame

By Tommy Felts / May 10, 2023

A Super Bowl win and the NFL Draft turned Kansas City into a sports haven, said Megan Sturges Stanfield, so it’s only fitting that the latest laureates to join Junior Achievement’s Business Hall of Fame reflect not only a passion for athleticism and their hometown — but translating opportunity into entrepreneurial success. Among the new…

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Stadium rendering from Kansas City NWSL, by Generator Studio, JE Dunn and Monarch Build

How a new stadium planned for Kansas City’s riverfront could redefine ‘long-neglected’ neighborhood 

By Tommy Felts / October 26, 2021

A $70 million project along Kansas City’s riverfront is expected to be the first stadium purpose-built for a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team, Kansas City NWSL owners announced Tuesday, unveiling early plans for the 11,000-seat complex just north of downtown. “The goals for reclaiming our long-neglected riverfront have been bold but clear – develop…

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Bevy of area businessmen are EY award finalists

By Tommy Felts / April 27, 2016

Eight Kansas City-area businessmen are now finalists for a national entrepreneurship award. Ranging from techies to whiskey-makers, the regional finalists of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards recognize those “who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses.”  Sponsored in part by the Kansas City-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, EY operates its award…

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