The tower was damaged when the slide was removed. It wasn't cost effective to remove the tower itself (and that remains the case for now)
In other news, the pads for the balloons and crazy bus are done now and the tower is said to moving into place on site next week.
I'm guessing that he got the information from KC KIVA which is the online system for building permits in the metro area. Thanks to some issues due political hold ups, clearance was not granted in time for Murder's Mansion to open this season.