Kauffman Stadium
Address- 1 Royal Way
                  Kansas City, MO  64141

Team- Kansas City Royals

Year Opened- 1973

Renovations- Currently Undergoing

Capacity- 40,529

Surface- Natural

aka- Royal Stadium

Royals Stadium was built exclusively for baseball in 1973 as part of Kansas City's suburban Harry S. Truman sports complex, standing adjacent to Arrowhead Stadium, home of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs.
This differentiation and duplication ran counter to the trend of multipurpose stadiums popular at the time, as did the ballpark's modest seat count of 40,529, which gave it a certain intimacy and made it the smallest permanent Major League stadium built in 80 years.

Like most modern parks, it has symmetrical fences, but it also includes numerous features that distinguish it from the typically uniform facilities of its period.

The deep outfield (330-385-410-385-330) and Astroturf playing surface (replaced in 1995 in favor of natural grass) put a premium on swift outfielders and helped George Brett amass 137 lifetime triples, a remarkable total for a modern-era player with average speed.

In their best years, the Royals teams were attuned to the nature of their home park, stressing pitching, speed and contact hitting over slugging.

Although the stadium was less daunting to batters after 1995, when grass was installed and the fences lowered and brought in 10 feet (except for narrow zones in the corners), it remained something of a pitcher's park and is still a triples-hitter's paradise.

Royals Stadium was renamed Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium in July 1993 to honor the team owner, who died less than a month later.

Futuristic in its styling, it seems to value scenic interest over baseball tradition. The seating area barely extends into fair territory, leaving room behind the outfield fences for 322 feet of colorfully lighted waterfalls and fountains.
Behind the water display stand two grassy inclines onto which longer home runs fall, and in dead center stands a 12-story scoreboard in the shape of the Royals' home plate and crown logo.

Source- The Idea Logical Company