Kansas City things

[mocat]

How did we F this up so bad

[Phil Titola]

 

How did we F this up so bad

Loews > Hyatt

[pissclams]

How did we F this up so bad

read any of my posts in this thread and take a couple aspirin.

[The Big Train]

thought it was TBT. damn.

I thought it was you

[SdK]

Took Charlotte Street on my commute today. Score one up for "The Life and Times."

[mocat]

How did we F this up so bad

read any of my posts in this thread and take a couple aspirin.

ok i read all of your posts itt and none of them explain why it went from a super tall glass hyatt to a haymaker hall lowe's home improvement

[Phil Titola]

How did we F this up so bad

read any of my posts in this thread and take a couple aspirin.

ok i read all of your posts itt and none of them explain why it went from a super tall glass hyatt to a haymaker hall lowe's home improvement

$

[Tobias]

article didn't load on my phone, are you telling me the chodetel dream is dead?

[mocat]

How did we F this up so bad

read any of my posts in this thread and take a couple aspirin.

ok i read all of your posts itt and none of them explain why it went from a super tall glass hyatt to a haymaker hall lowe's home improvement

$

well clams' posts itt made it seem like joe taxpayer was paying for all of it, was that not the case?

[Phil Titola]

article didn't load on my phone, are you telling me the chodetel dream is dead?

Alive and well with a better flag. The article was just Hyatt crying they got pushed out of the deal.

[Phil Titola]

How did we F this up so bad

read any of my posts in this thread and take a couple aspirin.

ok i read all of your posts itt and none of them explain why it went from a super tall glass hyatt to a haymaker hall lowe's home improvement

$

well clams' posts itt made it seem like joe taxpayer was paying for all of it, was that not the case?

Kind of right. Only West plaza people are paying for it.

[mocat]

how can you say that leow's is better than hyatt? hyatt is bitb

[pissclams]

How did we F this up so bad

read any of my posts in this thread and take a couple aspirin.

ok i read all of your posts itt and none of them explain why it went from a super tall glass hyatt to a haymaker hall lowe's home improvement

$

well clams' posts itt made it seem like joe taxpayer was paying for all of it, was that not the case?

you're so good at posting!

[mocat]

goodnight sweet prince

[Phil Titola]

how can you say that leow's is better than hyatt? hyatt is bitb

Loews is eLiTe. Hyatt better for points people obv.

[Belvis Noland]

Mocat, where have you been?  That rendering was scrapped over a year ago.  but, agreed, the new hotel looks like an office building in Corporate Woods. 

[Tobias]

in here making fun of the chodetel?

[pissclams]

Mocat, where have you been?  That rendering was scrapped over a year ago.  but, agreed, the new hotel looks like an office building in Corporate Woods. 

what's your opinion on the next steps

[Canary]

Took Charlotte Street on my commute today. Score one up for "The Life and Times."

So you are a Kansas City thing now?

[SdK]

Took Charlotte Street on my commute today. Score one up for "The Life and Times."

@C43

[SdK]

Took Charlotte Street on my commute today. Score one up for "The Life and Times."

So you are a Kansas City thing now?

Only 4 nights a week. I love Topeka too much to give it up completely. Hahahahaha

[Pete]

how can you say that leow's is better than hyatt? hyatt is bitb

Loews is eLiTe. Hyatt better for points people obv.

I have been a Marriott platinum member for over a decade in a row now...I travel most every week.  Before Marriott I was Hilton Diamond for 5 years. I have never once contemplated staying at a Loews, and never ever even heard it mentioned in a corporate setting by anyone ever.  I also go to probably 2 - 3 larger conferences a year, and have never ever heard Loews mentioned.

[Belvis Noland]

Mocat, where have you been?  That rendering was scrapped over a year ago.  but, agreed, the new hotel looks like an office building in Corporate Woods. 

what's your opinion on the next steps

The City Council circumvented the referendum effort by fixing the ordinance at issue - effectively immunizing the project from further litigation.  Admittedly, I've not wasted my time studying this issue too closely.  Maybe this will be tied up in litigation for another 2 years.  But, from everything I've read, the Loews group is ponying up sufficient private equity to make the project work.  KCMO is providing $35 million from the convention and visitor's tax fund - no $$ from the general fund.  Looks like everything's greenlighted.  Shovels are expected to be in the ground by October with completion anticipated in 2019-2020.  Wish the design were better, but the shortening of the structure was assuredly a cost-cutting measure.     

[mocat]

i don't care that it's chode-like, i just don't want it to look like 1960s dorms

[Belvis Noland]

i don't care that it's chode-like, i just don't want it to look like 1960s dorms

I still don't love it, but the updated rendering is here:  https://www.loewshotels.com/m/loews-kansas-city-convention-center-hotel

More glass makes it less dorm-like, I guess.  but, still looks like an office building.