Kansas City: BBQ & Jazz Capital

🏟️ Venue: Arrowhead Stadium

Location: Truman Sports Complex (8 miles SE of downtown)

Capacity: 76,416

Pro Tip: Arrowhead holds the Guinness World Record for loudest crowd roar (142.2 dB). Bring earplugs! Tailgating here is a religion.

🏨 Where to Stay

• Downtown / Power & Light District: The entertainment hub. Walkable, full of bars, and likely where fan fests will be.
• Country Club Plaza: Spanish-inspired architecture with upscale shopping and fountains. A beautiful area to stay.
• Crossroads Arts District: Hip area with breweries, galleries, and converted warehouses.

🍖 Where to Eat

• BBQ: You cannot leave without eating burnt ends. Joe's Kansas City (in a gas station), Q39, or Arthur Bryant's are the titans. Try them all.
• Fried Chicken: Stroud's is famous for pan-fried chicken and cinnamon rolls.

🎢 Things to Do

• National WWI Museum and Memorial: The only American museum dedicated solely to World War I. The view from the tower is amazing.
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: A crucial part of American sports history.
• Jazz Clubs: Visit the 18th & Vine district. The Blue Room or Green Lady Lounge for live music.

💎 Hidden Gem

Union Station: A stunning historic train station. Look for the bullet holes in the front facade from the 1933 Kansas City Massacre involving gangster Pretty Boy Floyd.

🤓 5 Fun Facts

1. Kansas City has more fountains than any city in the world except Rome.
2. It is located in Missouri, not Kansas (mostly). The city spans the border, but the main downtown is MO.
3. Walt Disney opened his first animation studio in KC (Laugh-O-Gram Studio).
4. The Happy Meal was invented in Kansas City.
5. It has over 200 miles of boulevards, more than Paris.