by Jenny Vergara
Elevated from their county fair food status, food trucks are now considered mini gourmet restaurants on wheels, and in Kansas City they specialize in everything from Spanish tapas to Aussie meat pies.
The Kansas City metro’s well-appointed venues include award-winning professional sports stadiums, state-of-the-art convention facilities and modern, multi-functional arenas.
Kansas City offers a great deal to see, do and experience within a close walk or ride from downtown and the Convention Center.
A unique assortment of both figurative and literal underground destinations remain some of KC’s best-kept secrets, from a subterranean speakeasy to late-night jazz sessions in a hundred-plus-year-old club.
Soak in a few more summer days and send off the season memorably with Kansas City’s Labor Day celebrations.
Kansas City offers plenty of great places to lay your head, grab a bite or hold a meeting. In fact, the metropolitan area already touts more than 36,000 hotel rooms—with 4,600 committable rooms in the convention core.
Although outstanding jazz and mouth-watering barbecue are Kansas City’s major calling cards, when it comes to water fun you’ll find a great deal to “float your boat.”