Swope Soccer Village

Worth seeing in and around Swope Soccer Village

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Kauffman Stadium

   Kauffman Stadium is a ballpark located in Kansas City, Missouri, and the home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals. It is next door to Arrowhead Stadium, home of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

   5.5 km · baseball stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, home venue of the Kansas City Royals · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

   The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art. In 2007, Time magazine ranked the museum's new Bloch Building number one on its list of "The 10 Best Architectural Marvels" which considered candidates from around the globe.

   6.4 km · art museum in Kansas City, Missouri · Wikipedia
3. 03
   National World War I Memorial

   The National World War I Museum and Memorial is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Opened in 1926 as the Liberty Memorial, it was designated by the United States Congress in 2004 as the country's official museum dedicated to World War I. In 2014, as part of the Centennial recognition, Congress added the designation as the country's official war memorial.

   9.5 km · memorial in Kansas City to World War I dead · Wikipedia
4. 04
   University of Missouri–Kansas City

   The University of Missouri–Kansas City is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and includes a medical school and a law school.

   5.4 km · American public university · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rockhurst University

   Rockhurst University is a private Jesuit university in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, Rockhurst University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

   5 km · Private university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Kansas City Zoo

   The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is a 202-acre zoo founded in 1909 and is located in Swope Park at 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. The zoo has a Friends of the Zoo program to help promote the work of the zoo which sees over one million visitors a year.

   800 m · zoo in Kansas City, Missouri · Wikipedia
7. 07
   American Jazz Museum

   The American Jazz Museum is located in the 18th and Vine historic district of Kansas City, Missouri. The museum preserves the history of American jazz music, especially Kansas City jazz music, with exhibits including Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Big Joe Turner, Thelonious Monk, and Etta James.

   9.6 km · museum in Kansas City, Missouri · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Linda Hall Library

   The Linda Hall Library is a privately endowed American library of STEM subjects located in Kansas City, Missouri, on the grounds of a 14-acre urban arboretum. It claims to be the "largest independently funded public library of science, engineering and technology in North America" and "among the largest science libraries in the world" with half a million items in its collection, as of 2009.

   5.6 km · privately-endowed science and technology library in Kansas City, Missouri, US · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Giralda

   The Giralda is the name of a landmark in Kansas City, Missouri. It stands 138 feet tall at the corner of West 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway.

   6.8 km · tower in Kansas City, Missouri, USA · Wikipedia
10. 10
    KCTV Broadcast Tower

    KCTV Tower is a 1,042-foot high freestanding steel lattice tower located at East 31st Street on Union Hill in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1956 for KCMO-TV, which has been broadcast from the mast since its completion.

    8.4 km · communications tower in Kansas City, US · Wikipedia

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Getting to Swope Soccer Village

Airports

Kansas City (MCI), 36 km · Eppley Airfield (OMA), 280 km · Des Moines (DSM), 290 km

Stations

Union Station, 9.9 km

• Omaha → Swope Soccer Village

  277 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · $25–34
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• Des Moines → Swope Soccer Village

  298 km · quickest by road, 4h 39m · $26–35
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• Tulsa → Swope Soccer Village

  343 km · quickest by road, 5h 57m · $34–47
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