See also Kansas City (Kansas)
View of Kansas City from the top of Liberty Memorial. Union Station is in the foreground, with the rest of KC's skyline in the background.
Kansas City [1] is a large, major midwestern city on the border of Missouri and Kansas. It is the largest city in Missouri with a population around 450,000 people and more than 2 million in its metropolitan area (2005 estimate).
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- American Jazz Museum, 1616 E 18th St, [7]. T-Sa 9am–6pm, Su noon–6pm. Adult $6.
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 1616 E 18th St, [8]. T-Sa 9am–6pm, Su noon–6pm. Adult $6.
Combination adult ticket for both museums $8, (save $4).
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- Kansas City Chiefs (Football) Tailgating is a key tradition evident at every home game.
- Kansas City Brigade (Arena Football)
- Kansas City Royals (Baseball)
- Kansas City Knights (Basketball) (Did not play a 2005-06 season)
- Kansas City Wizards (Outdoor Soccer)
- Kansas City Comets (Indoor Soccer)
- Kansas City Royals (Baseball)
- Kansas City T-Bones (Independent League Baseball)
- Plaza Art Fair
- American Royal BBQ contest (Largest in the world)
- Go To A Blues Bar- Try "BB's Lawnside BBQ", 1205 east 85th street. They have the best mural in town, great blues, and a patio and a cheap cover. Another favorite is "Knuckleheads" a blues saloon located in the East Bottoms area, 2715 Rochester.
- Other Live Music Venues: Uptown Theatre (midtown, on broadway and valentine) hosts lots of up and coming acts and many timeless performers play here because it is so famous, the Beaumont Club is a soulless westport C&W club that hosts live music but has horrible acoustics and a mechanical bull. The Grand Emporium used to be one of the best blues clubs in the world but after being bought by the owners of the Beumont they tore the posters off the walls, took out the beer specials, put in purple lights, $9 martinis and they are calling it Tao. Don't bother.
- CITY MARKET AREA: once called the River Market and before that the River Quay back when mobsters used to end up in trunks with bullet holes. Like Times Square, they chased out the venerable old peep shows and dive bars. Now the neighborhood hosts a farmer's market, live music during the summer from major acts, and the Steamboat Arabia Museum which hosts the largest collection of prewar silver in the world- recovered from a large paddlewheeler that went down in the 1830's. The River/City Market area also has the River Market Brewery as well as an across the street club which changes names every few months whenever there is something infamous that happens outside or inside. It is skybox now, but expect that to change.
- Antiques: KC has many unique things you will not find on the coasts. The best places to poke around are estate sales and whatnot in the outlying farm areas- they throw nothing away. If you are in town, check out the River Market Antique Mall for 4 stories of vendors selling something between trash and treasure. The West Bottoms wearhouses host antique and estate sale auctions on the weekends, look to the KC star for details.
- Notable Clubs: America's Pub in westport (top 4/hip hop), Korruption in the West bottoms(house/techno), Skybox in the River Market, Raoul's Velvet Room (house, Overland Park).
- Notable Bar Areas: RiverMarket (Harry's Country Club, minsky's, river market brewery, etc), Westport (kellys, beaumont, many others), Quality Hill on Broadway (Quaff, Tanner's, the Peanut, John's Big Deck), the Plaza (Kona Grill, George Brett's, 810 Zone Sports Bar, Tomfooleries)
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- Stroud's - Best fried chicken (Stroud's South at 1015 East 85th Street is closed).
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