Washington Square Park emerges as focal point for Royals future stadium [Video]

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The Kansas City Royals’ search for a new home remains ongoing with a new site that includes Washington Square Park on the southern edge of downtown emerging as the focal point of the conversation this week.

“You’d have to ask the Royals on all of the places up for consideration,” Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas said. “The city certainly is aware of Washington Square Park as one of the areas.”

Washington Square Park is the patch of green across East Pershing Road to the north of Crown Center and across Main Street from Union Station, catty-corner to the northeast from the National World War I Museum and Memorial.

The proposed site would include property currently owned …