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(rshsdepot) Kansas City, MO
From Trains=2Ecom=2E=2E
Renovated Kansas City Union Station ailing financially
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Kansas City Union Station, which reopened in 1999 after=20
its renovation into a science and entertainment center,=20
is in financial trouble, The Kansas City Star reported=2E
The Missouri landmark needs to raise $1 million to cover=20
its operating costs this year=2E The company that operates=20
the historic building says $203 million must be invested=20
in the property over the next five years to make it=20
commercially viable=2E
Lagging attendance and revenue below projections, when=20
combined with the station=92s large operating costs, caused=20
the problems, according to a report by the Union Station=20
Kansas City Inc=2E
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