The Unified Government in Wyandotte County endorsed the proposed Wizards soccer stadium and office development project Wednesday evening at City Hall. Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of a memorandum of understanding with the developer.
Plans call for an 18,500-seat soccer stadium, youth soccer complex and an office development on a site in the Village West retail area near the Kansas Speedway.
Mayor Joe Reardon made a statement expressing the city’s excitement, especially about prospective job creation that could come from Cerner Corp. The North Kansas City-based medical software company said it would create 4,000 new jobs in an office complex as part of the project.
The complex’s office space alone would become the second largest employer in the county behind the University of Kansas Medical Center, the developer said.
Reardon said this is only a first step in the approval process, but he is hopeful the project will move forward.
“We are believers in this project,” Reardon said. “We believe it is sound.”
Chuck Schlittler, executive director of Fairfax Industrial Association, said that despite some questions he has for the mayor and the city, he is excited about the project.
“I don’t think they would have gone to this extent this evening…if this was not pretty much a done deal,” said Schlittler.
This report was filed by reporter Meredith Rodriguez
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