Hallmark Cards, Inc.

The city is on board.

The Hallmark family, the money has been earmarked.

The land has been earmarked.

Everybody is moving forward with the completion, the building of the downtown stadium.

Mayor, as well as you can, can you tell people what land that you have roped off? What do you plan to start demolishing? Where is the plan for the stadium to go?

Well, you know, it is a touching moment for many of us because if y'all took school trips to Kaleidoscope in Kansas City, basically right across the street from there is the Hallmark headquarters.

You can miss it.

It's kind of built into the ground, into a rock formation.

The city is on board.

The Hallmark family, the money has been earmarked.

The land has been earmarked.

Everybody is moving forward with the completion, the building of the downtown stadium.

Mayor, as well as you can, can you tell people what land that you have roped off? What do you plan to start demolishing? Where is the plan for the stadium to go?

Well, you know, it is a touching moment for many of us because if y'all took school trips to Kaleidoscope in Kansas City, basically right across the street from there is the Hallmark headquarters.

You can miss it.

It's kind of built into the ground, into a rock formation.

I'm not saying you didn't read it.

But what I'm telling you is the city and the Kansas City Royals and the Hallmark family are telling you they're done.

They're done.

So this vote in April, it may go on the ballot, and it very well may pass, and they might have to get your opinion in the future to build a new stadium.

Well, they got all the stadium stuff they need passed.

They got the downtown stadium approved, they got the current stadium improved, they've given Starlight a little bit of our money to renovate Starlight, which is still one of the most incredible outside concert venues in the United States, and they gave the Kauffman Center some money to keep up that world-class symphony that they have.

The city of Kansas City, the Kansas City Royals, and the Hallmark family are all on the same side.

It's over.

So, y'all, there's a recent report that says Crown Center is a quote unquote detriment to public health, safety and welfare.

while surrounding Hallmark buildings are a, quote, menace to public health, safety, and welfare.

This is according to this new study, y'all.

And that air quotes on this study.

A menace to public health and a detriment to safety and welfare.

That's how a study describes Crown Center and surrounding Hallmark buildings, calling a part of the area blighted.

Fox4's Dave DiMarco's live near Crown Center and Hallmark world headquarters to explain why the blighted label is actually important to the city.

Dave?

[traffic rumbling] And that is because they plan to redevelop this area with the stadium and surrounding development.

Here's the news story.

A menace to public health and a detriment to safety and welfare.

That's how a study describes Crown Center and surrounding Hallmark buildings, calling a part of the area blighted.

A menace to public health and a detriment to safety and welfare.

That's how a study describes Crown Center and surrounding Hallmark buildings, calling a part of the area blighted.

Fox 4's Dave DeMarco is live near Crown Center and Hallmark World Headquarters to explain why the blighted label is actually important to the city.

Dave?

And that is because they plan to redevelop this area with the stadium and surrounding development.

We script on them in white chocolate.

I'm like, "If we can branch this out and find different segments where our gourmet chocolate can sell, this company can turn from a small chocolate shop with a few customers and no online business to a national brand where you can be at an airport in California and buy a peanut butter wing, or you can be in Florida at a Hallmark store and buy a chocolate pizza." So in the back of my mind, I always thought that would be a cool thing.

I didn't know if it was gonna work, but I was gonna put all my effort into, uh, changing it up, changing the pizza box, adding some new designs, color, just freshen it up.

'Cause Bonnie had created a great product.

So once we could get people to taste it and try it, then it really helped open more doors, and they'd put it on their shelves.

And the cool thing about that is when some people see it, then other people want it, and it just started to grow.

And then our, our big real thing that kicked us off was, uh, there was Hallmark stores were a, a huge thing.

That was probably around 2013, 2014, and we, uh, flew out to Kansas City, met with the candy buyers for Hallmark, said, "Hey, give us a test.