Nick Reed 03.20.26 - Convention Center Update

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Do you know yet what what tomorrow's show will be? I know it's still a day away. Well, I've got a couple stories pull up

But they don't know exactly which direction I'm gonna go joy read claims that women are

More oppressed in the United States than in Iran. So I think I might talk about Shreya law a little bit

And I don't know maybe I'll talk about the convention center that it hey, thank you very much

Joy read I swear she is yet another example of what appears to be Democrats attempt to convince the world that American women are stupid

I just I know I know there have to be

absolutely have to be

some

women on the left who are

Not crazy

Now I know because I want to say that are intelligent, but I know what most of you thinking

immediately will

In your head say to yourself. Well, that's a contradiction intelligent liberal like that that obviously know that cannot exist

But there was a time. Let's say Hillary Clinton for example now

She's a nasty harpy and she's just disgusting and a viper and

You look at her and think not one, but how many demons occupy her actual body

But there was a time you look back even when she was arguing against illegal immigration and against gay marriage

You know these other issues that she could sound like an intelligent woman, right she she wasn't

What what is presented today as as Democrat women?

You look at the view in terms of having a public voice collectively

There is no greater presentation of the Democrat female mindset in this country than the women on the view

I mean that's just the truth if you want to say otherwise tell me who they are

I mean that that is what the media which itself is left you would think that it's conservative media putting them out there in order to make

Liberal women looks stupid, but it's not this is them that this is what they believe is or maybe the best that they can find and

It's just it's it's truly embarrassing with the Democrats sent Ocasio Cortez over there a few weeks or however far back that was to the

You know this this

Gathering of world quote leaders to talk about issues of international security and she gets asked a question that honestly

Almost appeared as if she was trying to be given a softball because they didn't want to ask her a hard question about

China and

she just

It was just indescribable how you I was embarrassed for her and it's like why are you sending those women over there

Do you really not have any women in your party?

That can put on a presentation that isn't just full on embarrassing like that and I'm beginning to get answers

No, I mean that's hence the joy reads and and these the Ocasio Cortez is in Illinois Mars and

Crockets and Corey Bush's and it's just like are you serious? What is going on Gretchen Whitmer?

You know even she had a couple of times has played the idiot. I think deliberately to avoid

Remember she was in the White House and she held the things up over her face

So she didn't have to have a picture with Trump and she I mean just dumb stuff these people

Not that Gavin Newsom was much better. I mean, but of course he's not that masculine either so

I don't know what what a what a

Yeah, that's right. Oh, sorry. I guess I'm making fun of dyslexia now

Is go to for absolutely everything I you know with Obama you have the the race card right

Anytime you disagreed with Obama. Oh, okay. I see you're just a racist

Gavin Newsom becomes president everything will be oh, I see you just hate people with dyslexia that that's what we'll have to look forward to

We already have been given somewhat of a dose of it

Hey, I wanted to share with you James Comey has been subpoenaed in the Justice Department's Grand Conspiracy probe

Just the news with this story former FBI director Comey has been subpoenaed

As part of the Justice Department's Grand Conspiracy probe two sources confirmed to just the news yesterday

The investigation is looking into claims the Democrats attempted to undermine Trump

Treating the last decade of political weaponization of law enforcement intelligence agencies is an ongoing criminal conspiracy

The probe is being led by Jason Reading can yes

Can note can Yonez I never know how to pronounce that part there

Kim Nonez the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and US district judge

Eileen Cannon has overseen the case

According to Axios to me

While everyone does deserve their day in court

It's indisputable just based off of what information has become public

I mean they all knew

We know that they all knew

That the allegations of Russian collusion was

Fake and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign. We know this from James Comey's own notes in the Oval Office that day

We all know for a fact that the intelligence community under the Obama administration said yeah, there's no

Russia is not going to be rigging our elections. They're not going to be doing any sort of meaningful interference

There's nothing to worry about so much so that when Trump talked about possible foreign interference Obama mocked him

Democrats talking about what a danger it was to claim that some outside country could somehow meddle in our elections

until he won of course

And then we know based off of emails in a handwritten notes that Obama then directed the CIA to redo their assessment

And come back with one that says Russia is trying to collude. I mean this is

I mean we know this information

Not because someone said so but because we have their own emails to one another their own handwritten notes to one another in addition to whistleblowers

How a person can see just that minimal amount of information and claim that there's no reason to believe there was a conspiracy to go after Donald Trump is absurd

I mean, it's like having wiretaps information whistleblowers of the mafia sitting around

Talking on numerous occasions about ways to take out someone and then seeing all that information and saying well

There's no reason to believe they were actually trying to take this person out

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Now the latest traffic city unveils conceptual design for new convention center doubles size

I want to share with you the

newsletter story and once again the the journalist who has been covering

This entire convention center issue

Marta and I don't know how you pronounce I need to find out meets am I easy meets see I'm not sure

but

I don't know how

It has happened that they hired this

Person and keep her on but she just does an absolute top-notch job

I mean, I it's just and I've talked about this before

And people may say why do you make such a big deal out of this it's just so unusual

And it's the story

I there's two

two sort of

I don't know

Views of it when it comes to is this a good story for me

I realize that I formulate one is do I

Sense can I tell

Whether or not the author of this piece thinks it's a good idea to have this or not do I do I where does this person fall?

What is their opinion on I have no idea with it with

This journalist no clue whatsoever

None I have no idea

Also does it almost every time I start to read a story if I know some background on it

I in my head. I'm like I already have these questions going and they always get answered in the story

Or if they don't it's noted like it's isn't it's just because the information isn't there and it's just such good

basic

Journalism that frankly and this isn't just newsletter that you see increasingly less and less of a

Even on a national level. I mean stories that some of these institutions that you read is throwing like

I have more questions than I did beforehand

So anyway not to just go on and on about it

But I just think that this person deserves such praise for the way that she has covered it

All right, so I want to read to you the latest and this unveiling took place four o'clock yesterday at the Discovery Center

After some delay, but still in time for the April election springfield city officials shared a conceptual design for what could be a new

Convention and event center at an unveiling event Thursday March 19th city officials revealed a conceptual design proposal produced by

Populas a Kansas City-based global architecture firm known bestfurt's work on the Las Vegas sphere in partnership with local

SAP design and incorporating feedback gathered from the public and key stakeholders since late January

The new convention center will expand upon and renovate the current Springfield Expo center building on East St. Louis

With additional development stretching on to the vacant lot on the east side of the center

Both properties are already owned by the city. However, the city has been in negotiations to acquire additional portions in the surrounding area

The design includes the incorporation of green space on the east side of the building that would connect to Jordan valley park to the north

This design decision came from feedback that Springfield was seen as a front porch city

The building itself would include a ballroom at the top that would provide a view of the Ozarks horizon line

Tim Rosenberry the city's director of quality and place initiatives said parts of the roof would also be green

And could be used as outdoor meeting space while other areas of the roof could include solar panels

Overall the building would have four to five elevator stops

Though Rosenberry said this does not directly translate to four floors due to nature of the design proposed

The design is very geometric in nature which he said builds off the existing ex-post center space

But also incorporates a lot of glass and windows as the way to open up the facility towards the community

The goal is to ensure the convention and event center is also seen as a community space that can host graduations

sports tournaments and other quote homegrown festivities may or shrags said

Rosenberry said the idea

Here is that the form of the addition follows the sweep of the existing ex-post center facade

Except the addition is intentionally even more exuberant more iconic and more memorable

While the July report that recommended Springfield build a new convention center identified 125 square feet and functional programmable space was needed to meet industry demands

Rosenberry said another 125,000 square feet of support space like kickch kitchens restrooms and storage areas is also needed

The total facility presented would span 250,000 square feet

Those cities chief spokesperson chorus Scott chorus Scott said that would still remain within the

175 million dollar costs estimated in the report

Rosenberry said if approved by voters that would be the largest facility Springfield has built for itself since the airport

The work on conceptual designs and additional details more broadly have been shared as the city prepares for the April 7th election

The city is going to ask voters whether to increase its lodging tax the tax incurred on booked hotel rooms and short-term rentals

By 3% in order to fund a new convention center project estimated to cost 175 million the tax would sunset after 35 years

Because these are still very early pre-design conceptual plans if the lodging tax increase is approved by voters

The city and architects will begin work on the actual design process

Which would include additional public input gathering to build off of notions identified thus far

Rosenberry noted that future discussions would test and question the photos presented Thursday March 19th

Both to confirm this is the direction the community wishes to proceed with the building but also what is realistic

Quote we will continue to question the assumptions that led to this or the interpretations that led to this

We'll continue to test this against factors of constructability

Budget engineering all operations all those kinds of things that will take months to do he said

This is intended to be aspirational and I hope maybe a little inspirational

While Rosenberry said that the expo center would be renovated and expanded

He noted the series building portion of the current facility dating back to the 50s

Will still be evaluated to determine whether it would be retained and reconfigured or demolished in replace

Although the consultant's report also identified a connected hotel was necessary for the convention center success

Such a development has not been initiated the conceptual images unveiled March 19th

Do not include connection points for a hotel

But Rosenberry said several options exist with a lot of openness nearby and such a connection could take place

Below above or on the ground level the more public nature of the project

Project has come as a direct result of public feedback after the measure

I'll be it without a sunset failed in November in a city survey that followed springfield residents indicated more details about what the city is proposing

Could result in stronger support at the ballot box?

Quote we are now asking our community to reconsider with more information

Then was previously provided because it's an important next step in our strategic plan growth city manager David Cameron said

The city is still waiting for governor key hoe to release a $30 million state allocation for the project that he placed on his restricted list

It is solely up to the governor if and when to release those funds if released the city would be required to match the amount

Which springfield city council has already allocated from the half a cent portion of the three-quarter cent spring forward

SGF sales tax approved by voters in 2024

Not everyone is convinced the lodging tax increase and the convention center is worth supporting

Bob grand who has lived in springfield for 45 years stood outside the discovery center after the March 19 event

With a sign encouraging opposition to the April ballot measure

He eventually was asked by discovery center staff to leave the private property and move to the sidewalk

I'm sorry, I hadn't read that portion of the story yet

Quote the only difference between the vote this time and last time as they put a sunset clause grand said it makes me

It's insulting. I'm not supported by any big business. It's my own sign

I made it. I just wanted to put another opinion out there

calling it the big beautiful boondoggle

He said springfield had more dire needs than the proposed project and noted that such an investment would not be helpful for the average person

City officials have noted they are also investing in infrastructure at the same time and argue that more tourism would drive sales tax revenue

And that lodging taxes can only go towards tourism related investments not daily city

Details or duties rather grand remain skeptical. He emphasized the competitiveness of the convention industry

And said he does not believe the city will receive the 30 million from the state as budget tightening accelerates in Jeff city

The report the city received on the convention center also indicated the facility would run a deficit

With this being the second time the measures on the ballot both times being the only question on the ballot in springfield

Grand said the city has already spent too much money for this pre-designed portion of the work the city's paying populace

376,500

Which will roll into the financing of the convention center if the April vote passes

But otherwise has come out of tourism fund reserves the city's also expected to pay roughly

230,000 for the April election a similar amount it paid in November

So that's the full story

I'm going to give you a few thoughts on it coming up here as we continue the Friday road show from scramblers. I'm Nick

All right, well, I'm going to go ahead and throw it over to traffic and then want to give some thoughts on this

um

The city unveiling the conceptual design for the new convention center and I do want to encourage you

To go back to the podcast as we talked to spent an hour

At you know minus commercials and traffic and so forth with the CEO of

Visit springfield which is that is job their job is is tourism and to get that perspective on

Convention centers the the benefits the the need of springfield what

It is like for them trying to attract tourism

Oh, not having one because to me that is what it's one and the same it is also somewhat

Isolated from

Okay, now can we pay for it? You know, it's one thing you you gotta look at like an RV

And you know, you go to an RV show and you're like man, this RVs are great. This RV is fantastic

I love this RV

But then okay, is it something I need?

Is it something I can afford?

Is it something that will be a good use of my time those those are two different questions and so it's one of the reasons

I wanted to have a interview separate

With the tourism specifically

CEO and then

This upcoming week with mayor shrag of springfield and then green county

Commissioner Bob Dixon because they're that more

Okay

But this is going to cost us money and is there a return on investment and while convention centers are great

Is it the right thing for us their answer is yes, of course

Their job of course is is to make you know, you

Also believe that as well particularly with the upcoming vote

So if you hadn't gotten a chance to listen to the visit springfield CEO

I would recommend you go back and and just have a listen of that the podcast springfields talk one oh four one

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All right before I cap off with some thoughts on the convention center latest revelations in the

The conceptual drawings that were unveiled yesterday Anthony Carricker. Let me go over here Anthony Carricker is

Here with us this morning. How are you there? I'm good remember Alex

Whatever yeah, well, I have a name's both start with a I know and it's funny. Anthony maybe I'll start calling him Tony

No, he does not like that at all. I wouldn't care for that. What

Yeah, they are kind of mobster names. Well the Italian. I mean Alex was a little bit. Yeah, Tony Tony

Yeah, Alex isn't I don't think I'm Alex is a mobster name. So I mean

Really maybe on the periphery

periphery. Yeah, Anthony definitely know on the Tony

Uh-uh. He doesn't he does not enjoy that. So I will remember that and I will keep that for a time that I feel is appropriate. Yep

Absolutely

Well, I have kind of an interesting story

We had actually some KSGF listeners that came to us for some help

Mark and Terry I asked if it was okay to kind of give them a little shout out

But they came to us early last year and had a scenario where you know, they were gonna be all of

Buy a house with you know, all cash if they wanted to

But they wanted to leverage it as much as possible

So

They were able to look into a reverse mortgage. We kind of looked at a couple different options

So they're gonna be getting a brand new house. They'll up in

You know, super good area

new construction, you know

Brains making new all new everything

But they you they did pretty much like a little more than 50% down

But they got to keep the rest of that money

And they don't have any house payments every single month. So

It was a good combination for them for their scenario because

People don't think about if we use all of our money to buy this house

If there's any kind of emergency that happens right like

How do we get money back out of it? Well, you either got to do a line of credits or

Complete refinance scenario which can take a little bit longer and you have to qualify at that point

And if jobs change or you know income changes per month

You might not be able to sure

So it was a really good opportunity for them and they're super happy gonna be able to

Now was that was that a scenario that they had sort of played out and came to you and said is this possible?

Or was that something that you all had crafted or it was a little bit of both

He had thought about you know, what if we just do a super small regular loan

You know that way we can get it paid off in a couple years right

But they also knew about us talking about reverse mortgages and being able to have that option as well

So it just made more sense for them to

Be able to buy the house keep pretty much half of what they already had is a little nest egg just for

You know being able to go on a vacation if they wanted to you know have some money left over because medical expenses and stuff

They can be surprising if something happens. So yeah, it was a really good

Situation for them love that yep, and with them being KSG listeners too was just like glad that we were able to help them out

Congratulations, Mark and Terry yep, Mark and Terry congratulations

So they've been in the house for a couple months now, but Mark reached out and we're kind of chitchatting a little bit

And I said I'm gonna give you a little shout out if you don't mind on the good

I appreciate them letting you do that. That's awesome absolutely and I'm glad it worked out nicely

Oh, yeah, I mean that way they're not contacting me and like hey

By the way, that didn't actually happen

Yeah, right now there actually is some random arc and Terry. They're like right

Wait a minute. That's not true

It's a different one right right this is a different

But yeah, it's just been you know super good the market's been a little weird right now

This whole iran scenario isn't hoping as much as we were thinking it was going to

But you know, it's still a good opportunity for if you're renting

I'm talking with a lot of parents right now that if they have middle school high school aged kids

You know if they're thinking about going to college some place or even here local

by house warm and that way you're not paying

boarding

And you can also sell that house after they graduate

Yes, and either pay yourself back the tuition. Yeah or make it to where maybe that's a house that right

They get and they live in if they decide to live in the same. Yeah, so such a good idea

smart man

I can do only so much, but you know, but what you do you do well absolutely

So I was good to see you Alex. Yeah nice to see you. I was character everyone and his cell phone number

You just go to KSGF or sorry. I want a great home loan.com and it'll be right there in the top hand corner along with Tony's

You can find those so

And I want a great home loan.com because you do all right

I do want to go ahead and just get the break out of the way here and then give you some thoughts on

The convention center and the unveiling of the drawing and whether or not this thing is going to pass

It was about a 6.56 point spread if I remember correctly in November but very low-voted

Turn out on the issue

Well in my opinion anyhow

And that usually works in the favor of what the city wants just didn't work this time to the surprise

I think just about to everyone

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The city unveiled a

Conceptual design of what a convention center might look like I think is the fair way to put it ahead of the April vote

And

Give some credit I'll give credit to the city. I don't

Sense that they are trying to trick people into thinking this is what it's actually going to look like

I mean, they're very very clear. This is like a

Was the exact verbiage in the newsletter article here the way it was written up. How did I close it out already?

Yeah, it was like the it's the pre-design of

You're gonna look at because I want to get because I thought it was a pretty good description of it

Conceptual design, but it was

Keep going I had to pull it but I closed it

But it was basically like well this is

Pre-pre-design conceptual plans

If the lodging text goes through and approved and so so anyhow

Listen, let me tell you what I think's happened here, and I don't know that there'd be any denial on this

Time is not on the city side

Really it but at the same time it's almost like the Kamala Harris campaign

Thank you on one hand. Yeah, she had a shorter than normal amount of time to sell herself

But most people

believe the longer or if she had longer she may have even done worse

And I'm not saying that's how it would plan out for the city

But I didn't think that they're like we we we got to get this vote done in April. I think that they feel that to be the case

And I think especially now

Because if it gets another no vote now boy how you come back from that to get this thing done

I just don't know anything's possible

That the problem is the amount of time between

The voters saying no in November and I don't think there was a contingency plan in place. I think

They believe like I believed it would pass

My belief was based off the

Fact that people in Springfield every time they get asked will you increase taxes? They say yes

And I think that the city also believed that and it was a shock to them

That it that it didn't pass and so they didn't have

Okay, well here's our our second crack at the bat plan

Is already laid out because we knew that this might happen

So they had to quickly put one together quickly to side

All right, are we gonna try to get this thing passed in April answer was yes

We need to that that's our window

But then it became total crunch time because they had to do research to find out

Why it is that people said no so that they could take that information and you may remember

They did the public survey and you they asked you to go online and they were essentially asking

The questions to find out those of you who said no what would make you say yes

And then they had to get all of that stuff together

Go back to the people who are writing up the designs

And get them that information then there were like feedback sessions and and so it's like this

hyper speed of we have to have something to show people

visually this is what it will look like and

And

The amount of time necessary to actually come up with something solid that okay

This is what it's gonna be like and have a design for that not nearly enough time for that

So they had to do the best that they could and again, I don't have inside information here

I'm just telling you what I think is going on and so they did some of these listing sessions

And they did the feedback stuff and they found out what it is that that you know people who voted know that well

If this and this happened maybe I'd vote yes next time and

Hired or you know or just commission the architectural people that do the designs

Okay, we need to just come up with something that

Looks like if you know what a convention center based off of all the feedback

You know what something like that may look like but we are not in any way shape or form tied to that that will essentially be a launching point

And

That's what I

I think is a fair characterization of what these designs are so that means if this is passed

Theoretically it could end up looking just like this or it could look like nothing like that whatsoever absolutely

100% the opposite or something in between

I

Find myself very interested in figuring out whether this is going to pass

In terms of a public campaign

Like a real high frequency one to get out the vote

I don't since one is going on right now

And we are just what a couple of weeks away from the vote so it is getting very close

I know I've been in a couple of places. I was in a restaurant last week and there was

Information laying out like myth versus truth when it comes to the tax and stuff about the convention center

And so there's a bit of a ground game going on to get information

In front of people who are out and about in Springfield

I suspect that there is also a ground game going on of networking

People that own restaurants that own stores

The chamber obviously behind this. I'm sure that there is some sort of effort to

Encourage the the business community and the restaurant community to get out there telling them

Hey, this is how much revenue it's going. We're going to have all these people coming in

So you really got to get out and vote you got to let your employees get get your families out to vote

So I suspect that there is an effort that is somewhat under the radar that is going on

Because arguably

While there was like a five or six point spread in this thing

It wasn't a tremendous amount of people so that alone could be enough to put it over the edge

I don't know that this is going to win over a lot of people who voted no

The biggest obstacle I think when you look at

The margins here

I think the deciding factor could boil down to the fact

That the city of Springfield. I'm going to overly simplify this

But the city of Springfield in terms of the the city leaders and the council and you know the people who are asking for this

Just aren't liked by the average citizen

years of

interaction with the city

population

Have sent the message to the citizens that

You know where the ones in charge we're going to do what we want whether you like it or not

There have been a number of instances in which it has been very clear to the council

That they were making moves the citizens did not want and they did it anyway

Whether it was a soji deal or it was the ban on certain breeds of dogs things that some people may not think of as being major issues

But the the people got out and spoke and then they saw just consistently a council

This is we're going to do it anyway to the point that they end up going and getting signatures to overturn

What the council did hotel of terror is another example

And while a lot of people may look at each and every one of these scenarios and say what does that have to do with the convention center

It has to do with the relationship between the the the people asking for this and the people that they're asking of this

And I just don't think to simplify it that the average voter likes the city

The people who run the city they feel as if you never listen to us that you are you know this is a a very

Unlocal business-friendly environment

We know about and constantly hear the struggles small business owners have with dealing with the city

They're not a priority, you know, you got the hotel of terror situation going on another instance in which the people

Overroad the council and they're just back at it again

you combine that with the

The the perception people have of a city that is constantly kind of taken on these new things

On the back of the taxpayer like oh hammons field will take that. Oh a fieldhouse over here will take that

Oh, maybe we'll build a soccer stadium and have MSL and my last coming you know all these different ventures going on

And it's just the goodwill

I don't think exist because of the behavior of the city and that's a obviously a very unfortunate thing for those who want and see this convention centers being needed

I think if we had a city

That had demonstrated in its relationship with the citizens that it was responsive to the citizens that when the citizens spoke

They listened and that they really truly focused and cared about small businesses

I think that this would be a much easier thing to pass and may have done so in November itself

Springfields talk 1041. I'm Sarah Myers. Thank you. Today's the first day of spring. Did you know that? I did not know this well

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They'll do that free roof inspection take tons of photos and videos so you can see exactly

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I as I was talking about the convention center deal and characterizing what I thought was a huge

I

Don't know

Like really the make it or break it on this is to the relationship between the city and the citizens and how if the city had a better relationship with the citizens

Then I this convention center thing would be easier to pass

I don't want anyone to misunderstand me. I'm not saying that

That relationship in and of itself is the only reason that they're having a difficult time

I do believe that there are a lot of legitimate questions questions that again

I'll ask next week when we've got city and county folks on

Regarding this

But I just I think in terms of the overall that that relationship makes a big difference and and I don't think that that

Something that can be ignored glimpses coming up next time

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