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Sporting Kansas City

  • Swope Soccer VillageThe land now known as Swope Soccer Village served as the practice field for the Kansas City Chiefs before Arrowhead Stadium opened in 1972.
  • Sporting Kansas CityLamar Hunt founded the Kansas City Wiz in 1995, bringing his history as a founder of the American Football League and Major League Soccer to a new venture.
  • Arrowhead StadiumVoters in Jackson County approved a $102 million bond issue in 1967 to build a new sports complex. This decision followed the departure of the Kansas City…
  • Lamar HuntLamar Hunt Sr. was born on the 2nd of August 1932 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He grew up as the son of H. L. Hunt, a massive oil tycoon who built an empire from…