Leawood Chamber of Commerce : Leawood, Kansas

Metro Area Attractions

Exciting Entertainment

Less than 30 minutes away from any location in Leawood, residents and businesses enjoy easy, affordable access to the wide variety of nationally recognized arts, culture, sports, recreation and entertainment events, and organizations that the greater Kansas City metropolitan area offers.

These activities include: world-renowned museums featuring traditional and contemporary art, jazz, agriculture, and history; major league sports teams; fine dining; fabulous shopping; water and amusement parks; and more!

World Class Sports

There’s no denying that this is a sports-minded town. Fans cheer on their National Football League team, the Kansas City Chiefs, at Arrowhead Stadium while enjoying extravagant pre-game tailgate parties.   The Kansas City Royals, the area's Major League Baseball team, delights fans next door at the “K,” Kauffman Stadium.  Soccer fans gather to root for the Kansas City Wizards, a Major League Soccer team.

Kemper Arena is the site of the annual American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo, which is accompanied each year by an international barbeque contest and historic downtown parade.  

For fans of NASCAR and other auto racing, Kansas City, Kansas is home of the  Kansas International Speedway. Sports fans can also visit this area to enjoy the Kansas City T-Bones, the area's minor-league baseball team.

The Sprint Center is Kansas City's home for basketball, concerts, family shows, special events. This arena seats in excess of 18,000 people and shares a common lobby with the College Basketball Experience, a 41,500-square-foot entertainment facility that contains interactive basketball exhibits and houses the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.  The Sprint Center welcomed the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships and will host the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championships and the NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional in 2010. 

Amazing Fine Arts

If the fine or performing arts are more to your taste, the area offers internationally known museums, fabulous gallery districts, and several theaters.  Residents visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Lyric Opera, Kansas City Symphony, Missouri Repertory Theater, Starlight Theater, New Theatre Restaurant, State Ballet of Missouri, Theater in the Park, the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College, among others. The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is scheduled to open for teh 2010-2011 performance season.  The center will host the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera and a number of other art organizations.  Leawood also boasts an outstanding public art program and first rate community theater productions, thanks to the Leawood Arts Council, and the Leawood Stage Company.

A Rich History

It is easy to find a rich and distinctive history in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Metro area is home to the Harry S. Truman Home & Presidential Library, Liberty Memorial, Union Station, Hallmark Cards Visitors Center, Shawnee Indian Mission State Historical Site, Steamboat Arabia, Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio and the 18th & Vine Jazz District (which includes the American Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum).

Abundant Nightlife

If you want to dance the night away or just relax with some friends, Westport offers the perfect blend of entertainment to satisfy your evening cravings. The entertainment district is home to several shops, art galleries, theaters, restaurants and numerous clubs and bars. Revelers can also venture to the Country Club Plaza for some fine dining and a nightcap, while Brookside offers a unique variety of shops and bars for those looking to unwind.  If luck is on your side, the Kansas City area is home to several riverside casinos including Ameristar, Argosy, Isle of Capri and Harrah’s.

The massive Sprint Center arena is the cornerstone of Kansas City's downtown revival, the Power & Light District.  The new eight-block neighborhood features residential developments, restaurants, themed bars, movie and live entertainment theaters, and mixed retail.

As Leawood’s Park Place, One Nineteen, and Mission Farms developments continue to build up, they will compliment the already fabulous array of shopping and dining opportunities in and around Town Center Plaza, making Leawood a destination location for anyone looking for the ultimate entertainment and dining experience.

More Family Fun

And given the city’s focus on children and families, even the little ones have their own exciting places to visit.  Families can choose from a variety of activities including Science City, Coterie Children’s Theatre in Crown Center, Wonderscope Children’s Museum, the Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park in the Legends at Village West, Kaleidoscope, award-winning Kansas City Zoo (a new Tropics exhibit opened in 2009), Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead, Theatre for Young America, Powell Gardens, Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, the College Basketball Experience, and the Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun, and Schlitterbahn Vacation Village (opening in 2009) amusement parks.


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