“We are right here for the long haul. And you heard it right here first on Channel 12,” said Lou Schwechheimer.
He sat down with Eyewitness News Monday afternoon before a debatable vote through the Wichita City Council concerning personal development for the brand new baseball stadium to the group’s residence.
Schwechheimer said a stall inside the vote to give four acres of land to that developer would no longer affect his group’s decision to move to Wichita.
The metropolis moved its council meeting from Tuesday morning to Tuesday night to allow citizens to pop out and voice their worries regarding a deal. Schwechheimer says he plans to be there.
“I look forward to meeting folks with questions,” he said. I support our telling a bit more about our story of how we came here and about our 40+ years before coming to Wichita so that people have their questions answered and have a right to recognize.”
Many people are disenchanted because the city isn’t always speakme extra about the agreement. Schwechheimer says they should not fear.
“The confidentiality was no longer so much for Wichita but to shield, in some cases, the town we’re leaving,” he stated.
Jennifer Rays owns the Monarch, an eating place inside the car parking zone of what used to be Lawrence Dumont Stadium. She says she is familiar with business dealings.
“I apprehend as an enterprise owner that they’re elements to a business that can’t usually be shared,” said Ray. “Businesses in the 500 and 600 blocks have been addressed, and they may be making plans to ensure we’re nevertheless looked after.”
Schwechheimer says that if his crew weren’t interested in Wichita, production on the brand-new stadium would not occur.
“This agreement runs for 30 years. When this settlement ends, I’ll be ninety-one, and I hope corr,ect Lord inclined I’ll, be alive to sign the subsequent agreement for the subsequent 30,” he said. “We love Wichita. We’re right here because we adore Wichita. We’re staying in Wichita.”
Again, Tuesday’s metropolis council assembly will take place in the region at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 455 N. Main, in the City Council Chambers.
