Tag: Mike Zeller

Truss the plan: How KC’s newest hotspot could be a model for infrastructure renewal (60 feet above the Kansas River)

By Tommy Felts / March 24, 2026

When Rock Island Bridge opens April 1, it’ll not only be a destination nightlife experience and river-spanning festival grounds, said Mike Zeller; the completed “bridge as land” concept is expected to serve as a first-of-its-kind redevelopment proof point that builds on uniquely Kansas City resilience and collaboration. “This is a bridge for everyone. It unites…

Rock Island Bridge delays opening; over-the-river entertainment hub set to debut spring 2025

By Tommy Felts / July 19, 2024

The opening of a “destination landmark bridge” — set to reshape Kansas City’s West Bottoms amid an aggressive district-wide redevelopment boom — is now expected to be pushed back to spring 2025 as leaders of the Rock Island Bridge project refine plans for its public debut. “To ensure everything is in place and working at…

How Rock Island Bridge is turning 3 million pounds of steel into KC’s next entertainment hub

By Tommy Felts / November 4, 2023

When the in-the-works Rock Island Bridge opens in 2024, the hulking infrastructure renewal project will become Kansas City’s — and America’s — first “destination landmark bridge,” said Mike Zeller. And the effort pointedly capitalizes on one of the metro’s most overlooked assets: its rivers. “We’re maybe the biggest river town in America that hasn’t really…

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