The Harry S. Truman Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in Kansas City, Missouri. It is home to two major sports venues: Arrowhead Stadium - home of Kansas City National Football League Head, and Kauffman Stadium - the headquarters of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals. The complex also hosts various other events throughout the year.
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Truman Sports Complex was built and owned by the Jackson County government and administered by the Jackson Sports Complex Authority, which is an institution of the State of Missouri. The current complex design, created by Charles Deaton, arrived when Deaton caught the ears of Kansas City General Manager Jack Steadman and suggested building adjacent stadiums for two sports with each stadium tailored to his needs. The initial plan called for a separate stadium side by side with a rolling roof together. However, the roof was never built because of the cost. The complex is revolutionary in an age when the new stadium tends to be built as a versatile place for planning and costing purposes.
The design not only made Deaton's reputation, but also made the architects implementing the plan, Kivett and Myers. In 1975, the company joined the Kansas City HNTB architect firm and went to design stadiums such as Giants Stadium, RCA Dome, Field Sports Authority at Mile High, and Ralph Wilson Stadium. In 1983, several HNTB architects were hired by the architectural firm St. Louis, based in Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, formed what became Populous and opened their main office in Kansas City.
Kansas City started the project to renovate both Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadiums in 2007, following the passing of a 3/8 cents sales tax in a referendum in 2006. The Kauffman Stadium repairs were completed in time for the MLB Opening Day in 2009, and Arrowhead Stadium finished on time for the NFL Opening Day in 2010. A separate tax referendum to raise funds eventually built a rolling roof failed. Both stadiums are being renovated by Populous.
With the renovations, both Royals and Chiefs have rented the stadium until January 31, 2031. Their previous lease which was renegotiated in 1990 was expired on January 31, 2015.
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City National Football League chief, opened in the fall of 1972. George Halas calls Arrowhead "the most revolutionary and futuristic sports complex I've ever seen." Fans occasionally refer to the stadium as "The Sea of ​​â € <â €
The Kauffman Stadium, the headquarters of Kansas City's Royals City Baseball, opened in spring 1973 as the Royals Stadium and is located adjacent to the Arrowhead. The stadium's name changed in 1993 to honor Royals founder Ewing Kauffman just months before his death. Although the stadium is slightly older than 40 years old, it is the sixth oldest stadium in MLB, as a result of the construction of a number of new stadiums in the 1990s. It was the only baseball-specific stadium completed from the early 1960s to the early 1990s. It is also one of nine stadiums in Major League Baseball that does not have a company-sponsored name (the others are Marlins Park, Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and Nationals Park; Wrigley and Kauffman themselves are the only parks of ten named for individuals and not companies they own).
In addition, the stadium is the only last baseball park built in the majors (excluding temporary facilities) from 1966-1991 and one of the few baseball facilities built only in the majors during the heyday cookies of the middle of the stadium era, as well as one of two facilities (in addition to Dodger Stadium) are still active and never converted to use as multi-purpose stadiums.
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