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There's something new to see every day at one of the Kansas City's hundreds of live entertainment venues. Right now, you've got to check out these top Kansas City Events. If you feel like watching some excellent sports in Kansas City, take time to see the Kansas City Royals at the Kauffman Stadium, or the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

As well as appearing in famous songs, Kansas City has hosted some of the world's best known musicians. Artists such as Aerosmith, John Mayer, Rush, and Buddy Guy have played there and will surely play there again soon.

For those in search of entertainment and adventure in Kansas City, one must explore the renowned Kansas City Country Club Plaza. The Plaza houses a fantastic selection of shops and gourmet restaurants, and the famed Kansas City fountains are one of the biggest attractions in Kansas City. The Country Club Plaza is regularly awarded the annual top pick of About Kansas City's attractions and destinations. This was the US's original outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment center, and is a joy to visit year-round. There's good music playing in the courtyards, and food and drink available on the many open air patios around the district. Carriage rides and enchanted Plaza Lights make for a romantic Kansas City vacation during the holidays, and there over 170 shops and restaurants contributing to this world class Kansas City entertainment destination.

If you prefer a slightly more highbrow Kansas City vacation spot, the world renowned Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is a source of pride, and one of Kansas City's top attractions. With both indoor and outdoor exhibits, the Nelson-Atkins is one of the most impressive collections in the United States. Extending in scope from ancient Egyptian sculptures to Oriental collections dating to the 10th century B.C.E., visitors can take days trying to cover the entire museum's contents.

If you'd like a fine 'n' dandy ol' trip back to the days of Huckleberry Finn with all the proper trimmings, then you simply must go on a Mississippi steamer-style Riverboat Casino. The trips are about more than just gambling, as fine dining, wine, shopping, and splendid Kansas City entertainment abounds. The casinos contain movie theaters, restaurants, and even concert venues, where you can watch some of the best shows in Kansas City. There are even hotels and spas on board. Among the best of Kansas City casinos are Harrah's Casino with its excellent seafood, and the Voodoo Lounge, which features top acts from every place you care to mention. Ameristar has a fabulous buffet, and its Pearl's Oyster Bar makes for a memorable and romantic visit. There are many more to choose from, so make sure you sample this delicious and racy side of Kansas City.

If you travel just east of Kansas City, you will find Powell Gardens, an amazing 900+ acre botanical gardens, with innumerable pathways and lawns and flowerbeds of every description. The Gardens boasts gorgeous displays of all kinds of plants and flowers, that may bloom at any time. As the seasons change so do the displays, and you'll never be bored, even if you return to this Kansas City attraction frequently, as you'll never see the same flower twice at Powell Gardens. The excellent Cafe Thyme is open for lunch, and there's a lovely chapel, which conducts weddings throughout the year for fortunate Kansas City visitors and natives alike.

If you're traveling into Kansas City for the first time, check out this quick overview of tourism and transportation in the Paris fo the Plains.

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Kansas City is well-known for its spacious parkways and numerous parks. The parkway system winds its way through the city with broad, landscaped medians that include statuary and fountains. One of the best examples is Ward Parkway on the west side of the city, near the Kansas state line. Originally designed for aesthetics and minor automobile/horse and buggy traffic, many parkways were drastically altered to accommodate more and more vehicles, becoming minor freeways. Swope Park is one of the nation's largest in-city parks, comprising 1,763 acres (2.75mi²), more than twice as big as New York's Central Park. It includes a full-fledged zoo, two golf courses, a lake, an amphitheatre, day-camp area, and numerous picnic grounds. Kansas City has always had one of the nation's best urban forestry programs. At one time, almost all residential streets were planted with a solid canopy of American elms but Dutch elm disease devastated them. Most of the elms died and were replaced with a variety of other shade trees. A program is underway currently to replace many of the fast-growing sweetgum trees with hardwood varieties.

Kansas City has long been praised for its varied architecture, which includes many famous and interesting buildings. Its skyline is notable for various structures, including the immense Bartle Hall Convention Center, the adjoined art deco Municipal Auditorium, and numerous skyscrapers such as the Kansas City Power and Light Building and One Kansas City Place (the tallest habitable structure in Missouri), as well as the KCTV-Tower (the tallest freestanding structure in Missouri and 39th tallest tower in the world), and the Liberty Memorial (the national World War I memorial and museum of the United States).

Kansas City is most famous for its steak and barbecue. During the heyday of the Kansas City Stockyards, the city was known for its Kansas City steaks or Kansas City strip steaks. The most famous of the steakhouses is the Golden Ox in the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange in the stockyards in the West Bottoms. The stockyards, which were second only to those of Chicago in size, never recovered from the Great Flood of 1951 and eventually closed. The famed Kansas City Strip cut of steak is largely identical to the New York Strip cut, and is sometimes referred to just as a strip steak. Along with Texas, Memphis & North Carolina, Kansas City is a "world capital of barbecue." There are more than 90 barbecue restaurants in the metropolitan area and the American Royal each fall hosts what it claims is the world's biggest barbecue contest. The classic Kansas City-style barbecue was an inner city phenomenon that evolved from the pit of Henry Perry from the Memphis, Tennessee area in the early 1900s and blossomed in the 18th and Vine neighborhood. Arthur Bryant's was to take over the Perry restaurant and added molasses to sweeten the recipe. In 1946 Gates and Sons Bar-B-Q was opened by one of Perry's cooks. The Gates recipe added even more molasses. Although Bryant's and Gates are the two definitive Kansas City barbecue restaurants they have just recently begun expanding outside of the Greater Kansas City Area. In 1977 Rich Davis, a psychiatrist, test-marketed his own concoction called K.C. Soul Style Barbecue Sauce. He renamed it KC Masterpiece and in 1986 he sold the sauce to the Kingsford division of Clorox. Davis retained rights to operate restaurants using the name and sauce, with a restaurant in the suburb of Overland Park, Kansas.

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Kansas City owes its existence as a major city to its crossroads status. First, it was at the confluence of the Missouri River and Kansas River and the launching pointing for travelers on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails. Then with the construction of the Hannibal Bridge across the Missouri River it became the central location for 11 trunk railroads. More rail traffic in terms of tonnage still passes through the city than any other city in the country. TWA located its headquarters in the city and had ambitious plans to turn the city into an air hub for the world. Missouri and Kansas were the first states to start building interstates with Interstate 70. An ever increasing number of interstate loops has encouraged suburban sprawl. Interstate 435, which encircles the entire city, is the second longest beltway in the nation. Today, Kansas City and its metropolitan area has more miles of highway per person than any other city in the United States.

Kansas City International Airport was built to the specifications of TWA to make a world hub for the supersonic transport and Boeing 747. Its passenger friendly design in which its gates were 100 feet from the street has, since the September 11, 2001 attacks, required a costly overhaul to retrofit it to incorporate elements of a more conventional security system. Recent proposals have suggested replacing the three terminal airport with an airport with a single terminal situated somewhere nearby. Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport was the original headquarters of Trans World Airlines and houses the Airline History Museum. It is still used for general aviation and airshows.

Like all American cities at the time, Kansas City's mass transit system was originally rail-based with its. In addition, Kansas City had an electric trolley network that ran through the city until 1959. The rapid sprawl that occurred throughout the city in the years that followed caused this system to be shut down. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority then took over mass transit, and now has an extensive bus system, The Metro, which continues to add routes. The city does not have a light rail system, but the city government is currently in the planning stages of building one.

In July 2005, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority started a new bus system called "The MAX" (Metro Area Express). The bus route starts in the City Market in Downtown Kansas City, and has many stops along Main Street, The Plaza and southern Kansas City. At the time of their introduction, MAX buses were to be able to prolong green traffic lights to stay on schedule, but as of September, 2006, this technology has not been put into effect. Buses run 7 days a week from 5:00am to 1:00am. During rush hour periods, the buses make stops every 10 minutes. All other times, the buses make stops every 15-30 minutes. Each bus ride costs $1.25. Kansas City also has the METRO bus system which runs through the whole Kansas City Area.

Kansas City does not currently have a subway or light rail system, and several proposals to build one have been rejected by voters in the past. However, the city is currently in the development phase of a regional light rail system. On November 7, 2006, a measure proposing a light rail system was passed with a majority of 53 percent. This measure would see light rail running from the Kansas City Zoo, through the urban core, and out to Kansas City International Airport. The issue is currently being studied in order to assure eligibility for federal funding and in order to address some criticism of the funding plan. Kansas City has a long history with streetcars and trolleys. From 1870-1957 Kansas City's streetcar system was among the top in the country, with over 300 miles of track at its peak. Following the decision to scrap the system, many of its former streetcars have been serving other American cities for a long time. In 2007, ideas and plans arose to add normal trolley lines, as well as possibly fast streetcars to the city's Downtown for the first time in decades. These proposals are being seen as possible first steps in implemented a larger mass transit network, that would include light rail.