Royals no longer considering ballpark site in Overland Park

The Royals are “no longer considering” building a ballpark at the Aspiria campus in Overland Park. The Royals have “continued to examine downtown baseball, the origin of their exploration,” since Jackson County voters turned aside an April 2024 proposal that would have committed a 3/8th-cent sales tax to the project. Since that vote, the team has studied the possibility” of placing a ballpark at Washington Square Park near Crown Center and east of Union Station and has also “engaged in discussions” with Clay County leadership about a North K.C. location. The Royals had a deadline to commit to the Northland, which elapsed earlier this month. The club did not say that it is “done exploring all options in Kansas, but the viability of that option became more difficult after Kansas gave the Chiefs and Royals a Dec. 31, 2025 deadline to use the STAR bonds tool to finance a move” (K.C. STAR, 1/27).