The Monday Poll: Readers favor keeping Kemper Arena

We asked for your opinions on the battle over Kemper Arena, and a plan by the American Royal to replace it with a smaller city-funded facility.

Here are the results of our unscientific survey, based on nearly 900 responses:

1. Kemper Arena should be demolished to make way for a new, smaller building for the American Royal and possibly youth sports activities.

Strongly agree 24%

Agree 13%

Disagree 18%

Strongly disagree 44%

2. Kansas City taxpayers should spend what the American Royal needs to build its new facility.

Strongly agree 14%

Agree 11%

Disagree 20%

Strongly disagree 55%

3. How worried are you that the American Royal might move elsewhere, possibly to Kansas, if Kemper is not demolished?

Very worried 17%

Worried 11%

Not worried 37%

Let them move 35%

4. Whatever happens to Kemper and the American Royal, redevelopment of the entire West Bottoms is:

Very important to KC's future 40%

Important 41%

Not important 7%

Way down the priority list 12%

This story was originally published November 5, 2014 at 8:19 AM with the headline "The Monday Poll: Readers favor keeping Kemper Arena."