FIFA Fan Festival

Yeah.

I mean, I don't think there are any more games in Philly, although the Fan Festival goes on, I think, for another couple of weeks.

And it's actually I mean, it's the Fan Festival in Philly is free.

And my understanding is that a lot of other cities were charging people to get in.

So the fact that it's free was was pretty cool.

But when you think about Hallmark, Crown Center, where Sheraton, Westin, World War I, Union Station, and now you've put in baseball into the heart of that complex, and the visuals coming out of that.

Think of the visuals of the NFL Draft and FIFA Fan Festival that we did, and now you add a baseball stadium into the middle of all that.

I mean, it's gonna showcase Kansas City unlike anything we've ever had.

Kathy, that's really close to Children's Mercy Hospital with the-

It fits in neatly with it.

In the same way that for those of you who made it to the FIFA Fan Fest this summer, or go to a celebration at the station fireworks show on Memorial Day weekend, or really anything in and around Union Station, you'll be able to navigate it.

You'll be able to do it well.

I think it fits incredibly well with a long-term plan for downtown without being too much of an impediment.

The future of a popular green space in east downtown remains uncertain after it was altered for the FIFA World Cup.

The Bastrop Promenade was used for FIFA Fan Festival this past summer.

With much of its grass and landscaping removed, and replaced with decomposed granite residents had been told the space would be restored after the event but the east downtown management district later decided to keep many of those changes now residents are fighting to get that green space back joining us to talk about the effort to restore the promenade are robert gallegos a former houston city council member win lee a resident advocate with save bastrop promenade and ed pettit president of friends of columbia tap morning to you all welcome to houston good

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The world came to Lemon Hill, and we are here making sure that something lasting remains.

And Mayor Cherelle Parker hopes the legacy of the FIFA Fan Fest lives on through more than 100 trees, the first of which, a red oak, was planted Monday afternoon.

Plus...

One of the largest new playgrounds in our city, a new adult fitness area, two accessible picnic pavilions.

This will be the first of more than 100 trees planted across the site as improvements are made.

It's also a way to thank the local community for the role it played in hosting the FIFA Fan Festival this past summer.

Well, 300 local kids will be getting a little extra warmth this winter.

Pico and Pacifico Auto Group are donating 300 winter coats to three local organizations who serve children and families in need.