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Kansas City Royals confirm plans for a new stadium

2 years 4 months ago
It's now official: the Kansas City Royals plan to build a new baseball stadium. Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman penned a letter, addressed to the Kansas City community and baseball fans, that said the team will be building a new ballpark district and is looking at location options in downtown Kansas City. In the letter, Sherman said it has become difficult to maintain Kauffman Stadium, which opened in 1973. When the team's lease with Jackson County ends in 2030, the stadium will be over 60…
FOX4 Kansas City

Low-cost air carrier plots return to St. Louis

2 years 4 months ago
Sun Country Airlines (Nasdaq: SNCY) is flying to a dozen new destinations, including three cities not served by any other airline at its home base, and resuming service to three others, including St. Louis, from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) this summer. The new destinations are spread across the U.S., with most of them located in the Midwest and on the East Coast, while the returning routes will once again connect MSP to New York's to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK),…
Brianna Kelly

Washington University among top MBA programs nearing gender parity

2 years 4 months ago
Women’s enrollment in MBA programs continued to increase last year despite declines in MBA applications overall and a larger number of business schools drew closer to the 50/50 male/female enrollment mark, according to a nonprofit founded 20 years ago to increase opportunities for women in business leadership. The Forté Foundation found that nearly one-third of the 56 business schools that are members of its coalition reached at least 45% women enrolled in full-time MBA programs last year despite…
Anne Stych

'This is the beginning': Nonprofit breaks ground on new subdivision in East St. Louis

2 years 4 months ago
The construction of a subdivision in East St. Louis is the start of what city leaders are calling a "new beginning." A faith-based nonprofit, Lansdowne UP, broke ground Monday for a 20-home subdivision called Lansdowne Park. The whole goal of this new subdivision is to build an economic revival in East St. Louis. The homes are being built in an area that is currently overgrown and rundown. That's why city leaders, like East St. Louis Mayor Robert Eastern III, believe this project could be the…
Mercedes Mackay, KSDK

PHOTOS: Inside City SC's 'next generation' stadium

2 years 4 months ago
When St. Louis City SC opens its CITYPARK stadium Wednesday, fans will experience a “next generation” venue that has the character of St. Louis embedded into it, say executives of the Major League Soccer franchise. City SC gave a peek into the new 22,500-seat stadium, touting the venue’s ties to the broader St. Louis region and its use of cutting-edge technology.
Nathan Rubbelke