Long discussed as a fun “what if” scenario in bars and around water coolers throughout the Kansas City metro area, the idea of a Kansas City Royals downtown stadium is slowly becoming reality. Over the last few years, there’s been so much information doled out piecemeal as an immense amount of work gets done behind the scenes.
To help clarify what has been a confusing and drawn-out process, we’ve put together this timeline of what has happened so far in the Royals push for a new stadium. Not every piece has been included in this list—but we’ve got the major plot points going on.