It is time to fix the awful pedestrian access to Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium - Royals Review

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The Royals draw fans from one of the largest regional territories in baseball, along with fans of visiting teams. Rather than driving to the stadium, many of these fans stay at nearby hotels, opting to walk the final distance instead (that parking fee will also buy a beer). When they do so, however, they are forced into a problematic, even dangerous, obstacle course just to reach a stadium only a few hundred yards from their hotel’s front door.

If you’re not familiar with the situation, take a look at this Google Map, and try to trace the pedestrian route from the Four Points Sheraton on the right, across the 8-lane Blue Ridge Cutoff, along E Red Coat Dr, and down the rutted dirt paths descending a steep hill to the parking lot (you can even see the eroded dirt tracked by pedestrians all the way across to the stadium). This situation could be vastly improved with a few sensible and affordable upgrades, and should be improved before the inevitable but avoidable injury and lawsuit.

As an out-of-town fan, I’ve experienced these problems multiple times, and am sick of the status quo. It is time to fix this.

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It is time to fix the awful pedestrian access to Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium - Royals Review

MoBikeFed comment: When the time comes that baseball fans are actually complaining about pedestrian access and safety, it *really is* time to get to work and fix this.