KC senator hopes to help Kansas City with St. Louis stadium proposal

December 4, 2001
By: Rachel Busacker
State Capital Bureau
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A Kansas City Senator strategizes a deal to benefit Kansas City athletics if a St. Louis stadium is built. Rachel Busacker has the story from Jefferson City.

Senator Harry Wiggins, a Democrat from Kansas City, has filed a bill proposing an extra $14 million a year in state money for Kansas City stadium renovations.

Wiggins says that if a stadium is built for the St. Louis Cardinals, then Kansas City deserves something too.

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Contents: Wiggins says we should work together or nobody gets anything.

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Contents: Wiggins says there is a lot of support in the Kansas City area and that they want to work with St. Louis on their deal to build it together.

Representative Dennis Bonner, an Independence Democrat, is expected to file a similar bill in the House this week.

From Jefferson City, this is Rachel Busacker for KOMX News.

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