Welcome to Downtown Kansas City
Downtown Kansas City is a business and culture hub offering residents an urban feel with numerous bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks among skyscrapers and art deco buildings.
Fun Facts About Downtown
Ernest Hemingway used Kansas City as a launchpad to fame and fortune. He began his writing career at the Kansas City Star newspaper, and occasionally slept in a bathtub at the Muehlebach Hotel, now a part of the downtown Marriott. The Muehlebach gets a shout-out in his novel “Across the River and Into the Trees.”
The American Jazz Museum
The American Jazz Museum shares a building with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. Learn about the birth of jazz in Kansas City through interactive exhibits, including listening stations and custom mixing boards. Among the historic artifacts from the height of jazz's popularity are collections of photographs, sheet music, and posters. A great attraction to see before a live show.
The T-Mobile Center
The T-Mobile Center is Kansas City’s home for basketball, concerts, family shows, and special events. This arena seats more than 18,000 people and shares a common lobby with the College Basketball Experience, a 41,500-square-foot entertainment facility that contains interactive basketball exhibits and houses the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Visitors to Kansas City frequently comment that it is way cooler and better than they expected for the city in the heart of the nation. Kansas City truly is a unique and vibrant metropolis. Downtown offers so many eclectic adventures in one of the coolest districts.
