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Reactions: World Cup coming to Kansas City

Mike Kehoe - Lieutenant Governor

“It’s bigger than anybody could imagine, the ripple effect from people seeing us globally, what a great community we are, what a great state we are, is almost unmeasurable in the economic impact, it’s going to be huge, Kansas City is going to be ready.”

“Kathy Nelson did a really good job putting the team together. She assembled two different states, different parties, rural and urban. I give great credit to her. We felt very good coming into the today but you never know. Sure was good to hear that name get called.