If you’ve made it through your depression about your busted bracket (thanks, Kentucky!) then you might be looking for more outlets for your sports fandom.
Esta es una de las mejores épocas del año en Kansas City. No solo está llegando la primavera, sino que el béisbol de los Royals está a la vuelta de la esquina, esperando decepcionarnos con un 5-23 de abril.
Tus Kansas City Chiefs están en islas remotas chupándose la cara con estrellas de la música y el Sporting Kansas City está goteando por sus piernas, perdiendo ventaja a un ritmo frenético.
But hope springs eternal in this cow town and there’s another major player who has just moved into the yuppie-laden Berkley Park district ready to take your hard-earned cash for a hot dog and a craft beer. And these ladies came to play.
Bienvenido al estadio CPKC y a The Kansas City Current. Si bien Current ha estado jugando en Sporting Park durante los últimos años, se ha convertido en el centro de atención con la apertura de su nuevo estadio construido exclusivamente para fútbol femenino a pocos pasos del puente Kit Bond y a pocos pasos del City Market.
Make that quite a few steps – but we’ll get to that in a moment. Living just one exit north, I took this opportunity to get season tickets to the Current this season in anticipation of an exciting year. After their home opener last weekend, I can tell that this team won’t disappoint. It’s a collection of wonderful characters from the insanely talented Vanessa DiBernardo to the “celly queen” Lo’eau LaBonta and their stoic keeper Adrianna Franch.
El estadio CPKC también recibe financiación privada. Entonces, cuando escuchen en las próximas semanas sobre la votación para dar dólares de impuestos a los propietarios de deportes para estadios en el condado de Jackson, sepan que este se construyó de manera diferente.
Now, they still need to work on how to actually, yanno, get to the stadium. It might be tucked at the base of the Bond Bridge, but unless you want to pay the $50 to park (FIFTY DOLLARS), then your options are to park on the other side of the railroad tracks at City Market and walk over. It’s about a 35-45 minute walk depending on how slow you are. Both ways. There are also team-provided shuttles, along with bike valet stations as well. So it’s not impossible. But it is definitely not Kauffman Stadium or parking at T-Mobile Center.
It’s going to be really fun out there in a couple of years as the Streetcar expands across the tracks, a few bars and restaurants are built, and it becomes less of an island in the middle of downtown. For now… plan ahead.
I’d strongly encourage you to visit the Current this summer and make it part of your sports-watching rotation along with the Royals, Sporting and the American Association Champion Kansas City Monarchs (which I happen to work for, by the way.) Maybe you’ll get to do a celly after one of those goals. It’s got all the materials to make for a great night out for a family, friends, or loved ones.
(Sigue a Chris Kamler en X, donde encontrarás sus aventuras como @TheFakeNed)