John Q. Hammons
Co-Founder of John Q Hammons HotelsWikipedia
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Oct 7, 2026
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
It was difficult.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
Professional baseball had not been in Springfield, Missouri since 1950, and here's 2004, and John Q. Hammons, a tremendous philan- philanthropist and hotelier and developer of golf courses throughout the country, lived right here in Springfield, and he built this building literally for Missouri State baseball.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
And then he started to build a relationship with the St. Louis Cardinals, and Mark Lamping and the ownership group was DeWitt at that time, and his group, who still owns the team to this day.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
Each Major League team can only have one Double-A team, so you can't just create one.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
... that kinda got me started here in the Ozarks, and I started originally at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, uh, working with Gerald Andrews and that whole crew out there, and Shawna Wertzema, and many of the team that's certainly not there anymore.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
But really got connected with John Q. Hammons and what he was doing, had the vision for the Kansas City Golf Tournament, one in South Carolina, and many here, as you all recall.
Angie MullingsHOST
Mm.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
And that's probably about the time-