Kansas City suburb OKs Whataburger location amid expansion into Midwest

SAN ANTONIO – It could or could not rank as excessive as one other Tremendous Bowl win, however one other dream for Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes seems to be coming true in 2021.

A Whataburger will open within the Kansas Metropolis, Missouri space, because the burger chain expands into the Midwest.

The Metropolis Council for Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas Metropolis, unanimously approved a last growth plan for the placement on Monday. Overland Park is positioned simply throughout the state line in Kansas.

The three,751-square-foot restaurant will exchange an eatery known as the Salty Iguana, which is about to be demolished, a plan introduced to the council members states. It was beforehand accredited by the planning fee final month.

It would have crimson brick siding, a masonry display screen wall and two drive-thru lanes, based on renderings (some followers quipped that Mahomes was drawn into the designs).

The plan states that it expects the restaurant to generate about 1,800 journeys from prospects a day.

It doesn’t say when the restaurant is predicted to open, however the location began its job search in October, based on Fox 4 KC.

In response to job listings, different Whataburger areas are deliberate for Blue Springs, Lee’s Summit and Independence, Missouri, that are within the Kansas Metropolis space.

Whataburger was not capable of instantly present extra info to KSAT about when these shops will open, and the place else eating places will pop up.

James Turcotte, senior vice chairman of actual property for the chain, told the San Antonio Business Journal in July that it was going to broaden within the South and Midwest, particularly in Tennessee and the Kansas Metropolis space.

“It’s a pure growth for us,” Turcotte informed the information group. “It suits our buyer profile. It suits our provide networks, and we predict that these markets are match for us and that they line up with what we do right here in Texas.”

Rumors in regards to the growth into the Chiefs Kingdom started swirling earlier than Turcotte confirmed the information.

Mahomes, who grew up within the Lone Star State and performed at Texas Tech, has advocated for a Whataburger for a couple of years now. He’s a significant ketchup fan, too. Clearly, ketchup and Whataburger go hand-in-hand.

In November 2018, the quarterback tweeted “I simply desire a retailer in Kansas Metropolis!” in response to a Whataburger picture that includes 10 ketchup bottles.

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