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Springfield, MO
The city council of Bonner Springs, Kansas, has improved an incentive tool for the planned Mattel theme park in Wyandotte County.
The council approved a measure to create a STAR bond district for the development. That's short for sales tax revenue bonds.
The Mattel theme park would anchor a nearly $500 million, 183-acre tourist hub called Destination KCK.
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