Events

Category · 24 pages in the KS.City civic encyclopedia

The moments — floods, openings, movements — that left a mark.

• 1856: Bleeding Kansas Climax — lawrence-ks
• 1968 Kansas City Riots — 18th-and-vine
• 1977 Plaza Flood — country-club-plaza
• 2017 Plaza Flood — country-club-plaza
• 2020 Chiefs — Super Bowl LIV — miami-gardens-fl
• 2023 Chiefs — Super Bowl LVII — glendale-az
• 2024 Chiefs — Super Bowl LVIII — las-vegas-nv
• 2024 Chiefs Parade Shooting — crown-center
• American Royal — west-bottoms
• Battle of Westport — westport
• Boulevardia — west-bottoms (2014–2016); Stockyards District (2017–2021); Crown Center (2022–2025)
• Country Club Plaza Opening, 1922 — country-club-plaza
• Ethnic Enrichment Festival — swope-park
• General Order No. 11 (1863) — jackson-county-mo
• Kansas City Renaissance Festival
• Plaza Art Fair — country-club-plaza
• Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence — lawrence-ks
• Royals World Series — 1985 and 2015 — truman-sports-complex
• The 1951 Flood — west-bottoms
• The Country Club Plaza Lighting Ceremony — Origin and Tradition — country-club-plaza
• The Founding of Westport (1833) — westport
• The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse — crown-center
• The Negro National League Founding Meeting — 18th-and-vine
• The Union Station Massacre — crown-center