Harrahs NKC pays for a bunch of it, it's a fairly "large" complex for the Midwest, 2 hotel towers, 4 or 5 restaurants, live ent pavilion, etc. They bounce in and out of the #2 spot for casino revenue for the 6 casino KC market. NKC is also corporate headquarter of Cerner so big tax generator there as well compared to the actual small population base.
I always laugh when I pass the hospital as it seems they are always adding another few floors or new wing onto it. Most of the rural hospitals feed priority patients to NKC on the Missouri side. Cerner is across the street (and owns the old Sam's town casino complex just up the road...and MANY other buildings in the city). Harrahs is across the highway and rail tracks from there. Most residential in NKC is over 20 years old, somewhat rundown. Definitely pole to house here, most streets don't even have curbs (pre-date casino revenue from the two casinos opened in early 90's, Harrahs then bought Sam's Town to reduce competition and moved the boat upriver, sold the facility off to Cerner. A lot of train/truck/river traffic. Used to be many factories, they tore down two old massive abandoned food plants in past two years. Trying to get the city updated a bit, it tends to be over shadowed by it's bigger neighbors.
I always laugh when I pass the hospital as it seems they are always adding another few floors or new wing onto it. Most of the rural hospitals feed priority patients to NKC on the Missouri side. Cerner is across the street (and owns the old Sam's town casino complex just up the road...and MANY other buildings in the city). Harrahs is across the highway and rail tracks from there. Most residential in NKC is over 20 years old, somewhat rundown. Definitely pole to house here, most streets don't even have curbs (pre-date casino revenue from the two casinos opened in early 90's, Harrahs then bought Sam's Town to reduce competition and moved the boat upriver, sold the facility off to Cerner. A lot of train/truck/river traffic. Used to be many factories, they tore down two old massive abandoned food plants in past two years. Trying to get the city updated a bit, it tends to be over shadowed by it's bigger neighbors.
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I can't get fios here it sucks.