Talk:Kauffman Stadium/Archive 1

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New Name for the article
Now that the name of the stadium is Arvest Bank Stadium, the name of the article should be changed likewise, with a redirection to the newly named article from the variations of "Kauffman". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.240.97 (talk) 15:06, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

This was a rumor started by the bank that didn't prove true. The Royals are denying it. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111107&content_id=25930490&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.211.90 (talk) 21:36, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Can we get a picture of the New K to be posted in the information box?
Since the New K is up and running, would it be possible to get an updated photo (not concept art) as the official photo used on this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.28.1.131 (talk) 15:32, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to the game Friday, I'll try to get a good shot or two for the article. — ˈzɪzɨvə (talk) 23:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

External links about proposed tax increase for stadium renovations
The last two external links added to this article are related to the political campaign to pass a tax increase to pay for improvements to the stadium. I'm unsure, but I believe that the link may violate Wikipedia policy in that it is presenting a specific POV on a controversial issue in the guise of information on the subject.

IF the tax initiative passes (and polls say it is in doubt), then the changes will be relevant. However, I believe the link to the "Save Our Stadiums" site is not information about the stadium itself, but simply a political campaign.

As the "official" link has been added again, I have added two additional links, one to a parody of the official site, and one to a serious campaign opposed to the referendum. We can't stop people from adding an obvious POV link (and I'm sure that some would without thinking it so), so we may as well have balance. Couillaud 20:11, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I put the "Save Our Stadiums" there because it has info on the proposed improvements for the stadiums. Also as a nonpolitical talk if the bill does not pass the team wont be in KC much longer Slu2008

Where would they move? Shreveport? There's nothing wrong with the stadium. It's just greedy owners again, looking to make a fast buck at the public trough. Wahkeenah 21:46, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

"as political as it gets"
A major sports team threatening to move unless it host city spends a billion dollars to help it make an even bigger profit is NOT non-political; it is as political as it gets. Cities give tax breaks to major employers all the time, but they don't build their factories for them at taxpayer expense, and the NFL and MLB are NOT major employers. Most independent studies have concluded that the claims that teams have a great positive economic impact on their hosts are highly exaggerated.

The Kansas City effort is showing the same pattern as many other cities. We haven't yet reached the point of the teams threatening to move (they both have contracts that won't allow that for a few years yet), but a "bi-state" initiative (involving three Missouri and two Kansas counties) has already been defeated, and this is merely the second step. If this fails, there will be more efforts, and the teams will eventually make direct threats to move, despite the fact that neither sport has many viable alternative locations.

While I agree with Wahkeenah that this has a lot to do with greedy owners, I believe that the "Official" campaign site can be kept here as long as the opposition gets its say. The only other alternative is to consider all of them POV sites and not allow the links.

Why is it that when players get paid millions from the owners, people complain about how the game today is all about greed, but when owners want hundreds of millions from taxpayers, those same people think it's our civic duty to pony up? Personally, I'd be all for a very restrictive salary cap for players if MLB used the savings to build their own damned stadiums or buy the existing municipal structures and maintain them. Couillaud 16:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Stadium Logo
Football stadiums have their logo in the infobox, and this has spread over to baseball stadiums. I went through and created a standard format for the logos, and put them in for all the baseball parks, but found two that I could not get a logo for. This is one of them, and the other is Coors Field. If anyone has one, can find one, or can maybe, perhaps... can make a good looking one, please upload it and put it on my talk page. - Silent Wind of Doom 19:47, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Panoramic Shot
Is there any interest in a panoramic shot of the stadium in the article? I stitched one together from shots I took 9 May 2007 and uploaded it at Image:Kauffmanpan.jpg. Bill Kramme 07:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Royals Crown Display 500.jpg
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BetacommandBot 19:44, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Stadium name
Are we sure that the full name is Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium? I can't recall ever having seen that form, and the Royals' website doesn't list it. -- χγʒ͡ʒγʋᾳ (talk) 06:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Kansas Citians called it either Kauffman Stadium or The K. 76.92.123.82 (talk) 06:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Capacity section.
Looks like we have caracity for 2009 and 2010 separate. Is that because of the contruction, or is (2009) the capacity before it was reduced in 2010 with the completion of "the new K"? If we have capacity for 2009 because of construction, then we need to remove that statistic. SakuraAvalon86 (talk) 19:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)