The team reached a deal with Hallmark Cards on a "transformative project" that will create a new ballpark at Crown Center near downtown Kansas City, Royals owner John Sherman said. The announcement comes a week after the City Council passed a financing package.

Perez backed up his words with a big night on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels, going 3-for-5 with a solo home run, an RBI double and an RBI single in a 12-1 blowout at Kauffman Stadium. It was the complete performance the Royals have been waiting on from their veteran leader.

The stadium would be part of an 85-acre development at Crown Center, a shopping and dining district run by Hallmark Cards.

"Royals stadium at Crown Center" coming to downtown Kansas City

The $3 billion stadium development would be in close proximity to residential neighborhoods like Union Hill, Beacon Hill and Longfellow. Neighborhood leaders say their primary concerns include traffic congestion and fans taking up limited street parking.

Hallmark's Crown Center home will next become the new home of the Kansas City Royals, moving MLB to downtown Kansas City

The Royals' current home ballpark, Kauffman Stadium, is the fifth-oldest stadium in baseball

Two-time MLB All-Star catcher Ellie Rodriguez has died at age 79, his former team the Kansas City Royals announced.