Tag: Royals

Royals say tailgating, plenty of parking planned for year-round downtown ballpark district

By Tommy Felts / February 1, 2023

As the Kansas City Royals deepen their efforts to bring baseball to downtown, the club aims to call up features fans love most — along with attributes from other ballparks and entertainment districts they don’t yet know they’ve been missing, executives said Tuesday. “We’re committed to creating a truly transformational, world-class ballpark district, one that…

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Want to talk (downtown) baseball? Royals set Plexpod Westport Commons for first stop on listening tour

By Tommy Felts / December 7, 2022

Less than a month after announcing the Royals’ intention to build a $2 billion downtown ballpark district — a vision that would see the Major League Baseball franchise leave its longtime home at Kauffman Stadium — the team’s leadership is opening a community dialogue on its future. The move would boost economic growth for entrepreneurs,…

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Chase McAnulty, Charlie Hustle

Charlie Hustle returning to founder’s vintage Jayhawk roots with Lawrence shop

By Tommy Felts / March 24, 2018

A new retail space in Lawrence will be a homecoming of sorts for Chase McAnulty — taking Charlie Hustle back to the college city where he first wove his passion for vintage threads into a business. “It’s huge for me personally because it’s kind of come full circle,” the founder, owner and CEO said. Overlooking…

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A marriage of Mr. K’s passions, ‘E Day at the K’ returns July 19

By Tommy Felts / July 8, 2016

To say one of Kansas City’s greatest entrepreneurs — Ewing Marion Kauffman — loved baseball would be an understatement. The founder of Marion Laboratories Inc., Kauffman purchased the Royals in 1968 to bring America’s pastime to his beloved hometown, Kansas City. Along with boosting civic pride, the Royals became a model franchise, employing “moneyball” statistical…

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