Downtown Council makes its pitch for downtown baseball

The Downtown Council of Kansas City has left little room for doubt that it is campaigning hard for the Kansas City Royals to relocate the team's stadium to Downtown. During the organization's annual luncheon Thursday at the Kansas City Convention Center, the keynote speaker discussed why returning baseball to the urban core makes economic sense for the greater community and not just the team itself. Paul Goldberger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic, gave the keynote speech. It highlighted…