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New American Royal home proposed
Plans have been announced to upgrade Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri – the home of the American Royal – into a state-of-the-art livestock, equine, rodeo and agricultural events center. The American Royal Association and the Kemper family on Tuesday proposed that the arena be razed and a new five-thousand seat facility be built in its place. They say it will save the city money to replace – as opposed to maintaining – Kemper Arena, which was built in 1972. The American Royal Association would hold a fundraising campaign for the new facility that it says will be well suited to Kansas City’s “animal health corridor.” City officials reportedly have not yet signed on with the $70 Million plan.
The American Royal began as a cattle show in the Kansas City Stockyards in 1899.
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