Starbeams: AMC Leaves KC & Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know About New Kauffman PAC

AMC Theatres is moving its headquarters from downtown Kansas City to 119th street in Leawood.  That means another 400 jobs will be leaving Missouri for Kansas. Which proves my theory that suits who drive fancy cars HATE having to have license plates on the front.

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The U.S. poverty rate is at 15% for the first time since 1993.  Meaning that one in five Americans are struggling to pay for the two cell phones they carry in their pocket.

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TOP 5 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS:

#5.  It’s being called "The Gateway to Town Topic Hamburgers."

#4.  A well placed shot from a BB gun can bring down the whole building.

#3.  It was designed with higher stages so ballerinas won’t have to tip-toe.

#2.  The giant glass front can easily be converted into a screened-porch.

#1.  It was constructed with leftover scraps from Continental Siding.

Kelly Urich is the morning show host on The Point, 99.7 FM