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Kansas City Municipal Stadium was an American baseball and football stadium in the central United States, located in Kansas City, Missouri. It was located at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and E. 22nd Street. Municipal Stadium hosted both the minor-league Kansas City Blues of the American Association and the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro ...
Warpaint was a mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs National Football League (NFL) team. Three individual pinto horses have been used for Warpaint. It is associated with the team's glory days at Municipal Stadium, having won two American Football League (AFL) championships. Warpaint led the team's victory parade after winning Super Bowl IV.
Kansas City has had teams in all five of the major professional sports leagues; three major league teams remain today. The Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs (), to reach the World Series (), and to win the World Series (1985; against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the "Show-Me Series").
Municipal Auditorium was the first building built as part of the "Ten-Year Plan", a bond program that passed by a 4 to 1 margin in 1931. The campaign was run by the Civic Improvement Committee chaired by Conrad H. Mann. Other buildings in the plan included the Kansas City City Hall and the Kansas City branch of the Jackson County Courthouse.
Truman Sports Complex. Coordinates: 39°03′00″N 94°28′56″W. Truman Sports Complex is in Kansas City, Missouri, pictured before expansive renovations in the late 2000s, with Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium. The Truman Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility in Kansas City, Missouri. It hosts two major league sports ...
In 1955, the Kansas City Athletics drew 1,393,054 to Municipal Stadium, a club record easily surpassing the previous record of 945,076 in 1948; in fact, it was the third-highest attendance figure in the majors, behind only the all-powerful Yankees and the also recently relocated Milwaukee Braves in the National League (1953–1965). That number ...
Municipal Stadium prev. Blues Stadium, Ruppert Stadium; orig. Muehlebach Field Home of: Kansas City Blues – AA (mid-1923–1954) Kansas City Monarchs – Negro National League (mid-1923–1927, 1929–1930) / Negro American League (1937–1950) Kansas City Athletics – AL (1955–1967) Kansas City Royals – AL (1969–1972)
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