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Kansas City Royals

One Royal Way Kansas City, MO 64129
PHONE : 816-921-8000
TOLL FREE : 800-6ROYALS
FAX : 816-504-4142

Price: Tickets as low as $7 each with a Royals Season Ticket Plan.
Hours: Visit www.royals.com for game times & Box Office Hours

Experience Major League action at Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals.

"The K" opened April 10, 1973, and is recognized throughout baseball as one of the game's most beautiful ballparks. Since then, many exciting games have been contested, including the 1973 All-Star Game, three no-hitters, playoff games in 1976, '77, '78, '80, '81, '84 and '85 and World Series titles in 1980 and 1985. Kauffman Stadium's unique features include 104' high video board and a 322-foot wide water spectacular. Tours are conducted year-round and can be scheduled by calling 816-504-4222 or by visiting royals.com.

In addition to beautiful ballpark scenery, there are special events and promotions planned all summer long including Fireworks Fridays presented by Hy-Vee & Pepsi, Family Fun Day Sundays and the Sprint Fun Run (when all fans can run the bases following Sunday games). Special group discounts are also offered, as well as private party areas. A complete listing of promotions and special group discounts is available on royals.com.

2011 Season Tickets are now available. Single-Game tickets start at just $9 each and are on sale now at the Kauffman Stadium Box Office, by calling 1-800-6ROYALS, visiting royals.com or any KC area Hy-Vee Food Store.

Kansas City Chiefs

The foundation of the Chiefs has been and always will be our fans. Customer Relations Department has been created to meet your needs and inquiries. We will answer your questions and listen and respond to any concerns. You will be notified, via e-mail, about new programs for our season ticket holders. Please be sure we have your current e-mail address, which can be updated via your My Chiefs Account .

On gameday, new Fans First Booths – Presented by Sprint - will be located on each level of Arrowhead Stadium to enhance fan service.

Q: What radio station broadcasts the Kansas City Chiefs football games?
A: KCFX 101.1 is the flagship radio station of the Chiefs.

Click Here for a list of affiliates .

Q: What is the Kansas City Chiefs mailing address?
A: Kansas City Chiefs
One Arrowhead Drive
Kansas City, MO 64129

Q: I have a great idea for a Chiefs/NFL Licensed Product. Where can I find information on obtaining an NFL license?
A: For information on obtaining a license to produce NFL merchandise please go to www.nfl.biz . Or to hear this information, please call 212-450-2780.

History

1958

Lamar Hunt's efforts to acquire an expansion NFL franchise for his hometown of Dallas were rebuked by the league. However, his desire to secure a professional football franchise was further heightened after watching the historic '58 NFL Championship Game between Baltimore and the N.Y. Giants.

1959

After another attempt at landing an NFL expansion franchise for Dallas was spurned, NFL officials suggested that Hunt contact the Wolfner family, owners of the Chicago Cardinals franchise. Violet Bidwell Wolfner, mother of current Cardinals owner William Bidwell, and her husband Walter eventually agreed to sell Hunt 20 percent of the Cardinals franchise. Hunt declined the opportunity. He then conceived the concept of forming a second league. "Why wouldn't a second league work," Hunt recalled. "There was an American and National League in baseball, why not football?" Hunt contacted several other individuals who had expressed interest in the Cardinals franchise - Bud Adams (Houston), Bob Howsam (Denver), Max Winter and Bill Boyer (Minneapolis) - and gauged their interest in forming a second league. Adams quickly signed on and the young league, albeit still very much in its infancy stages, already had its first rivalry.

With four teams in the ranks including Hunt's Dallas franchise, he sought franchises in New York and Los Angeles. Before ownership in those cities was secured, Hunt sought the NFL's blessing for his endeavor, hoping that NFL Commissioner Bert Bell would oversee both leagues. "I told myself I didn't want to go into this if it meant some kind of battle," Hunt remembered. "Of course, this was one of the more naive thoughts in the history of pro sports." Although the NFL wanted no part of Hunt's new league, Hunt gave his blessing for Bell to mention it in the course of his testimony before a Congressional committee on July 28th. "At that point, no one had put up a penny and I had no commitments from New York or Los Angeles," Hunt continued. "But Bert Bell had announced it. We were in business."

Within weeks, Barron Hilton (Los Angeles) and Harry Wismer (New York) agreed to enter the six-team league. On August 14th, the first meeting of the new league was held in Chicago. Charter memberships were issued to six original cities – Dallas, New York, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. The league was officially christened the American Football League on August 22nd. Ralph Wilson (Buffalo) was extended the league's seventh franchise on October 28th and William Sullivan (Boston) became the league's eighth owner on November 22nd, the date of the inaugural AFL draft, which lasted 33 rounds. All eight original owners agreed to contribute $25,000 and to post a performance bond of $100,000. "Before there was a player, coach or general manager in the league, there was Lamar Hunt," said Sullivan. "Hunt was the cornerstone, the integrity of the league. Without him, there would have been no AFL."

In November, the league nearly disbanded before it even played a single game. Winter announced that he was withdrawing from the league to accept an NFL franchise for Minneapolis. The NFL now envisioned an expansion franchise for Dallas, as well, but Hunt declined that offer. "It (the AFL) was so important to me," Hunt said. "I had a lot of money in it, a lot invested in it. Emotionally, I spent a lot of time, effort and energy on it. I felt an obligation. A guy like Billy Sullivan had everything he had in it. It wouldn't have been the right thing to do."

The AFL forged forward as former World War II hero and two-term South Dakota governor Joe Foss was named commissioner on November 30th. A second, 20-round AFL draft was held on December 2nd. Hunt pursued both legendary University of Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson and N.Y. Giants defensive assistant Tom Landry to lead his Texans franchise. Wilkinson opted to stay at Oklahoma, while Landry was destined to coach the NFL's franchise in Dallas. Hunt settled on a relatively unknown assistant coach from the University of Miami (Florida), Hank Stram. "One of the biggest reasons I hired Hank was that he really wanted the job," Hunt explained. "It turned out to be a very lucky selection on my part."

1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000 to present - Arrowhead Stadium

Related links: Chiefs Hall of Fame
All-Time Roster
Uniform History
Cheerleader History