Kauffman Stadium retains scenic, historic features such as fountains, a crown-shaped scoreboard and pastoral outfield hills despite changes since 1973. The stadium sits in the Truman Sports Complex next to Arrowhead Stadium and is 7.8 miles from downtown Kansas City in an area that has not developed. The Royals launched a search for a new venue in 2021 and continue seeking land to build more than a ballpark, aiming for a surrounding neighborhood to generate additional revenue. The Truist Park/Battery model in Cobb County serves as the aspirational blueprint for that mixed-use vision.
KANSAS CITY -- Kauffman Stadium remains a gorgeous place to watch a ballgame. Sunk into a sea of asphalt in Jackson County, Missouri, some things at The K have changed since it opened in 1973: the name, the color of the seats, the spaces beyond the outfield walls. Essential parts remain: the fountains, the crown-shaped scoreboard, the upsloping green of the hills that give the home of the Kansas City Royals the most pastoral feel of any Major League Baseball venue.
The K is situated in the Truman Sports Complex, next to Arrowhead Stadium, where the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs have played since 1972. Your feelings about that location might depend on how you view the relationship between baseball and the cities in which it is played. In Kansas City, that relationship might be about to change. In 2021, so long ago that Bobby Witt Jr. had not yet debuted in the majors, Royals owner John Sherman announced a search for a new venue.
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