Going to Kansas City

K-- Our first stop today is Kauffman Stadium, the site for this year's 83rd All-Star Game! In 1973 it opened as Royals Stadium in the Truman complex. Many exciting games have been played here-The 1973 All-Star Game and the 1985 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Royals won the Championship that year!! Yea! In 1993, the stadium was renamed after the owner and prominent citizen of KC. Ewing Kauffman. The newly renovated jumbotran. More renovations. Seating in the outfield. In the old days, this was a landscaped area. No one was allowed up there. Now we can walk all around the stadium! Renovations began in '07. Today we enjoy a state of the art ball field where we can continue to enjoy the home team playing ball. Watch the All-Star game and you will see how beautiful our stadium is. Our stadium boasts one of the largest privately funded fountain in the world. (See the post on the fountains) Our next stop is the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. What started as a rendering on a cocktail napkin has become a premier vision on the KC skyline. Opening on the weekend of September 16-18, 2011, visitors were treated to tours of the Grand Hall and the two theatres that are housed here. Helzberg Hall is a 1,600 seat theatre oval in shape, it is home to the Kansas City Symphony. Many other musical productions have been seen in this theatre. It's focal point is the beautiful organ! The Muriel Kauffman Theatre is an 1,800 seat theatre that was inspired by opera houses of Europe. It plays host to many entertainers from Country to Pop, to Broadway and Comedy. The Kansas City Ballet and The Lyric Opera call this theatre home. This is the south side of the theatre. It is all glass and when the lights are on at night, it is magical to look at! The green area is the rooftop of the gargage--eco friendly and all. :) www.kauffmancenter.org

L--

We will move on now to The

Liberty Memorial and Monument.

Dedicated in November 1926, it is

a memorail to the solider's who died

in World War I. The National World

War I Museum is located here.

This is the monument and the museum

is located down under the monument.

One can also go to the top and see the

views of the city. For those who are

history buffs this is a "must see"

place to visit!

www.theworldwar.org

Moving on to one of our newest

attractions in the city. LEGOLAND!

Nuff said--it is located in the Crown

Center complex. Fun for all ages.

www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/kansascity

One of the more interesting

facades is the downtown

library garage. A block long

the "Community Bookshelf"

is 22 9 meter high bookspines.

Local residents chose the titles

for the bookspines. Local

author--Mark Twain. For

more information Google-

Downtown KC Library or

Community Bookshelf.

Our last stop for now is: the 75

acre Loose Park. It is the 3rd

largest park in KC and known

locally as the site of The Battle

of Westport. Ranked 23 of 74

attractions in KC, it is most

famous for it's beautiful rose

garden. There are more than

4,000 roses of nearly 150

varieties in this 1.5 acre garden.

The park is also a highly coveted

place to have one's wedding--

these book up months in advance!!!

I'm happy to say that my bridal photos

were taken here. This is another popular

thing to do in the park. It IS a beautiful

place! For more information Google-

Loose Park. That's it for now.

Hope you are enjoying the tour!

~Keep on Dreaming~