Kauffman Stadium

There are pedestrian crossings on the bridge so you can get across safely from the Holiday Inn side of the I-70 to the sports complex side, although once across the road, the quickest way to the stadium down the steep grassy hills rather than along the winding road.  The ground is very uneven, but fortunately no rabbit holes!

Kauffman Stadium itself seems quite small.  In fact, in many ways, it's similar to PNC Park in Pittsburgh, although it does feel smaller.  There aren't high grandstands all the way around, which seems to be the modern style - although Kauffman Stadium was built in the early 1970s!  Inside, it's quite open and airy, but more exposed concrete.

When I entered the club area in Pittsburgh, I got a red or blue stamp on the back of my hand to show that my ticket had been checked.  When I entered the club area in Kansas City, the inside of my wrist was stamped with something that obviously only shows up under ultraviolet light.

My tickets for these two games were both on a special offer and had "$20 loaded value" on them.  In other words, I paid $20 more for them and then I could spend that $20 by handing the ticket to vendors.  As long as you spend at least $20, there's no real point to it though.  The seats were in the Diamond Club box seat area.  This is like a garden deck, with wooden chairs with comfy cushions, lined up behind a long narrow table so you can sit and watch the game in comfort, with your food and drink on a table in front of view.  This is an ideal way to watch a game of baseball.  You pick things off a menu and every so often, the lady comes around and asks if you want anything and if you do, she notes it down and goes off to order it for you and an inning or two later, it arrives!  Then you close the tab just before the end of the game and pay, including adding a tip (it was the same lady both days)

View from the Diamond Club box seats