Downtown KC


Sporting Kansas City To Open Retail Space On Black Friday

Posted November 13, 2023 Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City is opening a new, experiential, retail and event space in the Power & Light District. The new space, SportingStudio, located at 1380 Main Street, will open on November 24… more

Liberty Hospital Announces Partnership With KU Health System

Posted October 25, 2023 Liberty Hospital and the University of Kansas Health System announced a partnership between the two healthcare providers which will work to improve access to high-quality healthcare in the Northland. Specifics of the partnership have yet to… more

Saint Luke’s Names Next President: Julie Quirin

Posted October 25, 2023 Saint Luke's Health System announced its next president will be Julie Quirin, she will begin her new role effective November 1. Quirin, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, brings over 25 years of… more

KC Wheel To Open Its 36 Doors In November

Posted October 12, 2023  [gallery size="medium" ids="41421,41422,41420"] The 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel in Downtown, named the KC Wheel, announced the grand opening to the public is just right around the corner.  The Ferris wheel and the accompanied Pennyway Putt, a 16-hole… more

McCownGordon Nabs UMKC Health Sciences Project

McCownGordon Construction has earned the construction-management contract for UMKC's $120 million Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building, a key fixture in the university's planned transformation of its Hospital Hill facilities. The construction company, which previously completed University Health's nearby medical office… more

KC Sports Commission, Visit KC Will Work Under One Roof in Downtown KC

Posted September 5, 2023 Two nonprofit organizations, the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation and Visit KC, announced Friday both entities would begin occupying the same building in Downtown. The building, formerly known as the Town Pavilion, located at… more

KC Entertainment District To Add 150-Foot Ferris Wheel This Fall

Posted August 29, 2023 A new view of Kansas City will debut this fall in the form of the KC Wheel, a 150-foot Ferris wheel in the Pennway Point entertainment district. The developers, Maryland-based ICON Experiences, will continue construction of… more

KC Health Dept. Begins Printing Foundation IDs

Posted July 19, 2023 The city council approved the motion to print the new municipal identification cards for the use of city utilities and services. The plans for this new program were approved Thursday. Fountain IDs would be valid for… more

The KC Streetcar Southern Expansion Means Big News For UMKC Athletes

The University of Missouri-Kansas City issued Monday a request of proposals for the development of a five-acre parcel next to the streetcar at 51 Street and Brookside Boulevard. [caption id="attachment_33462" align="alignleft" width="711"] University of Missouri-Kansas City[/caption] UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal… more

Long-time Denny’s location downtown to soon be razed

The now-empty building located at a highly-visible corner on Broadway in downtown Kansas City will soon see demolition day. Constructed in 1971, the 30-year-old-building once home to a Denny’s restaurant was vacated in November 2020. On Tuesday, March 23, a… more