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10-Nov-2015 copyright Elizabeth Bickel

Kauffman Stadium

Kauffman Stadium, often called "The K", is a baseball stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri. It is home to the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). It is part of the Truman Sports Complex together with the adjacent GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). The ballpark is named for Ewing Kauffman, the founder and first owner of the Royals. It opened in 1973 as Royals Stadium and was named for Kauffman twenty years later on July 2, 1993. Since its last major renovation in 2009, the ballpark's listed seating capacity is 37,903.

Kauffman Stadium was built specifically for baseball during an era when building multisport "cookie-cutter" stadiums was commonplace. It is often held up along with Dodger Stadium (1962) in Los Angeles as one of the best examples of modernist stadium design. It is currently the only ballpark in the American League to be named after a person and is also one of nine stadiums in Major League Baseball that does not have a corporate-sponsored name. The stadium is the sixth-oldest stadium in the majors and has hosted the 1973 and the 2012 MLB All-Star Games, along with Royals home games during the 1980, 1985, 2014, and 2015 World Series. Between 2007 and 2009, Kauffman Stadium underwent a $250 million renovation, which included updates and upgrades in fan amenities, a new Royals hall of fame area, and other updates throughout the facility.

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LynnH26-Jul-2022 13:54
I really like how you've composed this! V
Dennis Hoyne25-Jul-2022 02:46
Nice shot of this stadium. I've been long tired of these corporate named sports venues.
Jola Dziubinska25-Jul-2022 00:33
Nicely seen along the road. V.
Mieke WA Minkjan24-Jul-2022 09:04
It looks very Royal, well seen and captured V
joseantonio24-Jul-2022 03:44
nicely composed and captured.V.
Hank Vander Velde24-Jul-2022 01:52
An excellent well composed image.
larose forest photos24-Jul-2022 01:37
Excellent shot and really good information to go with it. V
Graeme23-Jul-2022 23:06
A great shot of it, Liz.V
Helen Betts23-Jul-2022 22:06
Great composition. It sounds like quite the sports complex.
Nick Paoni23-Jul-2022 21:54
Impressive sign and certainly appropriate for the Royals.