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GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, opened in the fall of 1972. George Halas called Arrowhead "the most revolutionary, futuristic sports complex I have ever seen." [2] Fans occasionally refer to the stadium as "The Sea of Red" or simply just Arrowhead. The stadium is commonly referred to ...
Hiawatha City Lake is a tree-shaded, seven-acre impoundment a mile south of the city, popular for picnicking and camping. Baseball and softball parks. Bruning Park, in west Hiawatha, has three main fields: two for baseball and one for softball. Other fields are available, but are not managed.
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An early report indicated dimensions for left field as 330 feet (100 m) and for right field as 290 feet (88 m). If center field were a square corner, it would have been about 440 feet (130 m) from home plate.[Kansas City Journal, March 19, 1903, p.7] As construction proceeded, a contest was held to allow the public to name the ballpark.
Much of the metro area saw hail ranging from a quarter (about 1 inch in diameter) to a golf ball (about 1 3/4 inches). A few people reported hail the size of limes or medium-sized hen eggs (2 ...
Swope Park is a city park in Kansas City, Missouri. At 1,805 acres (7.30 km 2 ), it is the 51st-largest municipal park in the United States, and the largest park in Kansas City. [ 1 ] It is named in honor of Colonel Thomas H. Swope , a philanthropist who donated the land to the city in 1896.
The current complex of fields (including three small ones used for T-Ball) originally built in the 1970s at Hafer Park will be reconfigured into 10 fields that can be used by 12-and-under teams ...
Subsequently, Kansas City was awarded an American League expansion team for 1969, and the new Kansas City Royals used the stadium as a temporary home from 1969 to 1972. [16] Kansas City welcomed the new Royals, who were led by 1969 American League Rookie of the Year Lou Piniella. The expansion team drew nearly one million fans in their first ...