Kauffman Stadium

40,052 (2010) 40,625 (1973 ) 38 177 (2009)

Kansas City Royals (MLB ) (since 1973)

The Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium is a baseball stadium in Kansas City in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the home of the Kansas City Royals, a major league baseball team of the American League. Due to renovations, the stadium currently holds 27,000 spectators.

History

In 1967, the voters of Jackson County were in favor of the establishment of the Truman Sports Complex, which included a football stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs and a baseball stadium for the Kansas City Athletics. Although the owner of the Athletics had just signed a new contract for remaining in Kansas City, this place now, before the 1968 season to Oakland in the new McAfee Coliseum.

The local businessman Ewing M. Kauffman then bought the franchise rights for a new MLB Club in Kansas City, so that the new stadium was finally realized, and named after him. On April 10, 1973, the new stadium was inaugurated with a win against the Texas Rangers.

Currently it is the eight oldest stadium in the MLB. On 4 April 2006 the voters of Jackson County approved an increase in the sales tax by 3 /8% to fund renovations of the Truman Sports Complex. The renovation of Kauffman Stadium began on 3 October 2007, leading to a series of changes, which include plans to reduce the seating capacity to 39,000.