Kansas City Royals, Hallmark Cards Partner to Build New Stadium at Crown Center

The Kansas City Royals and Hallmark Cards announced plans to build a downtown ballpark at Crown Center. Photo credit: Populous.

Posted April 22, 2025

The Kansas City Royals and Hallmark Cards announced on Wednesday that they will be building a new baseball stadium at Crown Center.

The Royals announced their plans for the new stadium at a media event on Wednesday morning. The project will bring a new ballpark, a surrounding mixed-use development, and a reimagined headquarters for both iconic institutions, according to a release from the Royals.

As part of the project, the ballpark will replace Hallmark’s headquarters at 2501 McGee St. Hallmark will then move inside Crown Center and establish a new headquarters.

The development site will span 85 acres and represents a private investment of over $2 billion. More than 20,000 jobs are expected to be created in the construction phase alone.

Site map rendering of the new Kansas City Royals stadium and mixed-use district near Crown Center. Photo credit: Populous.

“Our founder Ewing Kauffman wanted the Royals to be Kansas City’s forever, and he wanted the team to benefit his hometown as much as possible,” Royals CEO and Chairman John Sherman said. “Joining Hallmark with this project achieves both and extends the Hall family’s critical legacy of helping Kansas City grow.”

Additionally, the stadium will support 1,000 union jobs on every game day, play 81 home games and host events throughout the year in the heart of Downtown Kansas City, according to a release from the City of Kansas City.

“The Royals are staying home, and they are building a new home at the center of our region’s culture, arts, vibrance, and entrepreneurial success,” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said. “This is the best in public-private partnership — funded by baseball and development, with no new tax increases, and with the kind of conservative fiscal management Kansas City families deserve. We are the visionaries of today, and we are changing Kansas City for the better.”

Earlier this month, Kansas City officials approved a $600 million funding package for the development of a Royals stadium around Washington Square Park in an 11-1-1 vote.