Gotta Love the Power & Loss District

From Voices @ kansascity.com:

"The Power & Light District is expected to generate only $4.8 million in tax revenues this fiscal year.

That is far, far short of the $16.8 million in annual debt service needed to pay for its bonds, which are guaranteed by the city."

Way to go Power & Loss! We need some renewable energy sources here. STAT!

I think I'll stick to my home hood of the Country Club Plaza, y'all.

Downtown KC/P&L Fad

I'm tellin' you... Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush... the P&L is a passing fad unless they do something to make it local. Why?

• Too many people have to drive there and DRIVE HOME.
• Finding a good place to park during an event sucks.
• All of the establishments are pretty much national chains.
• You can't carry a conversation in those places, too loud.

The P&L will be a great place to hang before an event at the Sprint Center aside from having to fight to get a drink at a bar. But aside from events, people will begin to see that it's too much hassle to make that road trip.

If I want a national chain, then I can choose Zona Rosa if I'm a northlander or Towne Center on the KS side. Why make the trek downtown?

This KC Biz Journal article tries to convince you otherwise, read it.

Warning to those that determine the businesses on the Plaza... keep it local, you idiots.

KC Blightrail

Let's see... I'm new in town and Mayor Funky wants me to support a new mass transit system. I'm all for mass transit having lived in San Diego (Trolley) and DC (The Metro), but where does the light rail go that I might want to visit?

• The stadiums? NO!
• The airport? NO!
• Boulevard Brewery? Um... I'm not sure... probably NO!
• Booty call locations? NO!
  
• Family Members? NO!
  

The P&L (Power & Light or Profit & Loss?)? YES! So, if I felt like going somewhere to fight for a drink, yell to carry a conversation and hang out with clueless young twenty year olds (not to mention putting more dough in corporate national brands instead of local proprietors), then I'd not have to worry about parking and driving under the influence. I could take the lightrail! WOOT!

Of course, it probably shuts down at like midnight, so I'd be taking a taxi home anyhow. I think I'll stick to my new favorite Plaza haunts.