Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)
Municipal Stadium is a stadium in Kansas City, United States that opened in 1923. Its recorded capacity is 17,476.
Key facts
Municipal Stadium is a stadium in Kansas City, United States that opened in 1923. Its recorded capacity is 17,476. It is owned by City of Kansas City and Kansas City. It is operated by City of Kansas City. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Spurs, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Spurs.
- Location
- Kansas City, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 17,476
- Opened
- 1923
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- City of Kansas City, Kansas City
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 2
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Municipal Stadium is at latitude 39.085833, longitude -94.556944, in Kansas City, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 39.085833 |
| Longitude | -94.556944 |
| City | Kansas City |
| Region | Kansas City |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Municipal Stadium has carried 3 recorded names. Blues Stadium (1943–1954) (no sponsor) ran Present. Muehlebach Field (1923–1937) (no sponsor) ran Present. Ruppert Stadium (1937–1943) (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blues Stadium (1943–1954) | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Muehlebach Field (1923–1937) | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Ruppert Stadium (1937–1943) | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Kansas City | 1955 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | City of Kansas City | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | City of Kansas City | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Blues | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Kansas City Chiefs | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Kansas City Spurs | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Kansas City Royals | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Kansas City Blues | Not mapped | 1955 to present | Current | Source |
| Kansas City Chiefs | Not mapped | 1955 to present | Current | Source |
| Kansas City Spurs | Not mapped | 1955 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
26 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2879 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Kansas City Athletics | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Kansas City Monarchs | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3606 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3605 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3604 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Ruppert Stadium (1937–1943) | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Muehlebach Field (1923–1937) | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Blues Stadium (1943–1954) | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31991 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31990 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31989 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31988 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31987 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31986 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30071 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30070 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30069 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30068 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372217632 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1955 | 1923 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372217632 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri) | Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri) | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: