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The Kansas City Royals play in Kauffman Stadium, which was built in 1973 and renovated in 1993 and again in 2009, seating 37,903. This is a great place to watch a ball game. There is a long set of fountains in right center and a short set in left center with three waterfalls to its left. The fountains spray up in different patterns between innings, and they are lit by colored lights after dark. All seating is dark blue with no bleachers. The Club level has the press box in the middle, a restaurant on the third base end and suites behind regular seating. You can see the ballgame from the concourse on the first level. The stadium is showing its age. Many seat backs have cracked corners. Recently there have been a couple of unsuccessful attempts to move to a new stadium. There is serious tailgating and enthusiastic fans, few of whom left before the game's end even in the hot weather. We went to a day game and temperature was 95 degrees +, humidity very high as well. Purchased seats on the upper level were in the sun, so we moved back 15 rows to the shade. The Royals were playing the Tampa Bay Rays. The box score was Rays R-4, H-9, E-0 and Royals R-0, H-5, E-0. The field lines are RF-330', RC-387', CF-410', LC-375', and LF-330'. I didn't take any pictures from the concourse level on this trip because of the heat. I didn't want to go all the way down there and then have to climb back to our shaded seats. Lots of information on the scoreboard/video board. Additional statistics in right field and left field above the playing field. Sluggerrr is the mascot. Very large World Series trophies in the left field corner. Children's merry-go-round beyond center field in play area. Mid-inning race between catsup, mustard and relish with relish wining. The attendance was 19,619 for the game. There is a statue of George Brett outside the stadium and an adjacent street is named for him. Across the parking lots is the Chiefs' football stadium. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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