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What Impact can Raytown expect from the
World Cup Tournament next July?
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| BY GREG WALTERS |
Kansas City will be one of the host cities in America to serve as a game site for early rounds of the World Cup.
Those games will be played at the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium. Five games will be played between June 16th through July 11th.
As one can imagine, the World Cup being held so close to Raytown’s borders will definitely have an impact on our city.
The Kansas City Metropolitan area only has 36,000 hotel rooms. Tournament officials anticipate 650,000 guests to the Kansas City area in the one month of games played at Arrowhead Stadium.
Some of those traveling from countries across the world will not be staying in hotels. A significant number of them will bring a tent and make for shelter while in the United States.
This is expected to be most notable in cities surrounding the Harry S Truman Sports Complex.
It is important to remember Parking will not be allowed at the parking lots at the Truman Sports Complex during the World Cup games.
Those cities surrounding Arrowhead Stadium are expected to be witness to this overflow of fans looking for a place to stay and park their vehicles during games.
Jackson County Parks officials have voiced concern of people setting up their base camp along the Rock Island Bicycle and Walking Trail. The northern terminus of the trail is located at the Sports Complex near the Chiefs Stadium.
From there it crosses the City of Raytown south along Raytown Trafficway and then southwest diagonally across Raytown to the intersection of Noland Road and 350 Highway. From there it stretches across Lee’s Summit west for a total of 13.6 miles.
The trail has been a popular location or homeless to set up their camps. Jackson County Park officials have expressed concern the practice may increase during the one month of World Cup games.
The Raytown Park Department plans to use the Terry Copeland Dog Park as a parking location for fans to park their vehicles.
Park Board member have recognized there may be an influx of visitors looking for a place to park their cars during World Cup games.
- Terry Copeland Dog Park is located one mile from the Truman Sports Complex. The park has 200 parking spaces on its property.
- Colman Park is located within 1.5 miles from the Truman Sports Complex. It also has 200 parking spaces at its location. According to Park Board Director Dave Turner a final decision has not been reached on whether or not to use Colman Park as a parking location for the tournament.
The Park Board’s intention is to use the parking revenue to pay for an increase of the number of security personnel at Raytown Parks during the month of July.
In our view, the Park Board deserves recognition for taking a proactive approach to addressing the increased number of Raytown visitors during the World Cup Games in Kansas City.
There was much more said during the Aldermen meeting. Most interesting were remarks by Raytown Police Chief Bob Kuehl addressing the Police Departments plans for enforcement of City Ordinances during the World Cup games.
We urge you to view the following video to view what transpired at the meeting.
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