"As an empty building, Kemper Arena costs the city about $1 million ... "Promoters are actually telling me they choose not to bring their events to Kemper. They want to be in the newer facilities ...

Kemper Arena will soon be no more. The city has made the decision to tear down the 37-year-old building and replace it with an Agricultural Events Center, which will include a 5,000-seat coliseum.

The future of Kemper Arena in Kansas City became more clouded after the city decided to end its current management contract early and stop promoting the aging arena for major events.The Kansas ...

the aging arena has seen better days. Since 2007, the Sprint Center has hosted virtually all the big-name events coming through town, leaving Kemper nearly inactive for long periods of time.

saying it was halting its proposal to raze Kemper Arena and replace it with a new $50 million events center in the West Bottoms. The letter made clear that the American Royal has been stung by ...

Kemper Arena built a historic legacy in more than four decades after opening in 1974, hosting some of the biggest events in sports, entertainment and politics. Now former Topeka High All-City ...

For the past four years, Kemper Arena has sat nearly empty — silent and mostly forgotten as high-profile concerts and other marquee events migrated to the Sprint Center downtown. But a battle is ...

The American Royal said for the past three years Kemper Arena has been dark. It said the arena has only held three events a year at the arena for the past three years. “Kemper had a great 40 ...

Some of the events held at Kemper were: "It was big in the arena rock period," said Elizabeth Rosin, the local historic preservationist who drafted the application. One last change was made to the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Concrete is being poured in Kemper Arena to split the large event space into two levels of sports floors and courts. It will also be the home to 40 to 50 commercial stores and ...

The quest to replace Kemper Arena is like a duck on a pond moving quietly forward on the surface, with turbulent paddling going on underneath. It's been a year-and-a-half since the American Royal ...

Kemper Arena was supposed to become the preferred locale for livestock and other so-called dirt events, such as truck rallies, when plans for the Sprint Center arena were announced. But Kemper ...