Let's Road Trip: Kansas City & Miami (3/30-4/5)

TK K beat me. Yes to the Negro League Baseball Museum. I’ve not visited the jazz museum next door, but I’ve heard it’s excellent as well. I’m thinking you can get a twofer ticket. 

And yes to going around the corner to Arthur Bryant’s. BBQ has become trendy, so there are a number of upscale spots in town, but Bryant’s was one of the first. Work friends brag on Que 39 as well.

KC was my first park as a kid. I hope to go back in 2024 to celebrate my 50th anniversary of attending MLB games. The K is now one of the older parks in baseball, but I think it’s held up amazingly well. It’s still one of my favorites. 

Been to Kansas City several times before Targe Field for outdoor baseball experience.  Leaving Target Field out of the discussion, my favorite big-league park.  It is just a great ballpark to watch a game.  The waterfalls in the outfield make it unique.  I have been to 27 of them in my life.  Some are gone now.  Definitely agree the Negro League Baseball Museum is an absolute must for true baseball fan.  Having a great barbeque meal before or afterwards is highly recommended too.  Lastly, we always tailgated in the adjacent parking lot before games.  Enjoy!

I journeyed to Kauffman Stadium this past September. It was my first time there for a game.

I thought the stadium was good but not great. The second deck is massive and there are a lot of really bad seats waaaay up high. In addition to that, those sections are very wide so it means a lot of inconvenience. The field itself was very good, I liked the waterfalls, and if one's seats are in the first deck it's a very good place to see a game. I am probably a bit spoiled, but compared to Target Field the food and beer options were pretty ordinary.

The former Drury Inn is now the Lotus Hotel. I stayed there and it worked well. It's an easy walk to the stadium.

Didn't have time to do the Negro Leagues museum but that will definitely happen on a future visit.

I wanted to go to a small mom-and-pop type BBQ place so I chose LC's after a small amount of internet research. I admit I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to BBQ but I was very satisfied with what I ate.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is so amazing.  Don't miss it!  Jazz museum is really good - get the two-Fer ticket.  Arthur Bryant's  is also a must.  WWI Museum is tremendous!  The live jazz at night is just amazing - many clubs have live jazz.  At the K - great fans, very knowledgeable!  Everyone is super - friendly to twins fans.  I love KC.

Also- go early to the game to take in the Royals hall of fame in left field bleacher area - free with ticket.  Great experience. 

7 hours ago, Twins_Fan_For_Life said:

 At the K - great fans, very knowledgeable!  Everyone is super - friendly to twins fans.

I concur.

19 hours ago, Nine of twelve said:

I journeyed to Kauffman Stadium this past September. It was my first time there for a game.

I thought the stadium was good but not great. The second deck is massive and there are a lot of really bad seats waaaay up high. In addition to that, those sections are very wide so it means a lot of inconvenience. The field itself was very good, I liked the waterfalls, and if one's seats are in the first deck it's a very good place to see a game. I am probably a bit spoiled, but compared to Target Field the food and beer options were pretty ordinary.

The former Drury Inn is now the Lotus Hotel. I stayed there and it worked well. It's an easy walk to the stadium.

Didn't have time to do the Negro Leagues museum but that will definitely happen on a future visit.

I wanted to go to a small mom-and-pop type BBQ place so I chose LC's after a small amount of internet research. I admit I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to BBQ but I was very satisfied with what I ate.

Of course if you don't mind breaking the law, the Royals are bad enough there are always plenty of seats in the lower section.  

In Miami, the parking is super convenient, and the stadium is easy to get to from the highway.  We got a great deal, I think it was Taco Tuesday.  For $25 we got awesome seats maybe 10 rows up from the expensive first base dugout seats, two tacos and a 12 oz. beer. The taco's were super delicious, like made to order street tacos.  One of the best deals I have ever gotten.  I wasn't particularly enamored with the stadium. My main complaint is the air conditioning was so loud it drowned out other noise and by the end of the game my ears were ringing.

Like everyone else, even though the K is old it is great, Especially if you are in the lower bowl.  All the attendants are super nice and proud of their team/stadium. Except for opening day it should be pretty easy finding a place to sit in the lower are.  They have probably the best Kid's area in the outfield.  

One thing to consider if going for multiple games, is most teams have monthly standing room only tickets, especially early in the season.  In 2019, I went to the last 3 or 4 games of the season at the K with the Twins facing the Royals.  The standing room only monthly seats for just those games were a better price than walk up tickets, plus I sat in the lower bowl and as a bonus got to see the Twins set the MLB homerun record.  It was great that Sunday watching the Twins and Scoreboard watching the Yankees.  As you can imagine, the Twins contingent was nearly as strong as the Royals.

We've gone down to KC maybe 10-12 times and usually stayed in the Country Club Plaza area, although we stayed downtown a couple blocks from the Power Light district last year which was a nice change of pace. There's a free light rail thingy that runs between KC Live! and the City Market neighborhood - both are spots worth checking out. Sneaky good KC BBQ recommendation that nobody ever mentions when talking KC: Char Bar.

3 hours ago, nicholas Anderson said:

In Miami, the parking is super convenient, and the stadium is easy to get to from the highway.  We got a great deal, I think it was Taco Tuesday.  For $25 we got awesome seats maybe 10 rows up from the expensive first base dugout seats, two tacos and a 12 oz. beer. The taco's were super delicious, like made to order street tacos.  One of the best deals I have ever gotten.  I wasn't particularly enamored with the stadium. My main complaint is the air conditioning was so loud it drowned out other noise and by the end of the game my ears were ringing.

Like everyone else, even though the K is old it is great, Especially if you are in the lower bowl.  All the attendants are super nice and proud of their team/stadium. Except for opening day it should be pretty easy finding a place to sit in the lower are.  They have probably the best Kid's area in the outfield.  

One thing to consider if going for multiple games, is most teams have monthly standing room only tickets, especially early in the season.  In 2019, I went to the last 3 or 4 games of the season at the K with the Twins facing the Royals.  The standing room only monthly seats for just those games were a better price than walk up tickets, plus I sat in the lower bowl and as a bonus got to see the Twins set the MLB homerun record.  It was great that Sunday watching the Twins and Scoreboard watching the Yankees.  As you can imagine, the Twins contingent was nearly as strong as the Royals.

Good call on the monthly standing room tix. I hadn't considered that.