Sports in Kansas City

Kansas City Metropolitan Area has a long history of sports, which has included national championship teams and championship title events.

Current teams

Past teams

Future teams

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Sporting events

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• Kansas City is often the home of the Big 12 Basketball Tournaments. Men's Basketball is played at Sprint Center, while women's Basketball is played at Municipal Auditorium. Lately newer arenas in Dallas and Oklahoma City have hosted the tournament.

• Arrowhead Stadium serves as the venue for various intercollegiate football games. Often it is the host of the Big 12 Football Title Game. On the last weekend in October, the Fall Classic rivalry game between Northwest Missouri State University and Pittsburg State University takes place here. Usually, the Bearcats of Northwest and Gorillas of Pitt State are ranked one-two in the MIAA conference. In 2005, other games at Arrowhead included Arkansas State playing host to Missouri, and Kansas hosting Oklahoma.

• Kansas Speedway, located in Kansas City, Kansas, hosts many auto racing events, including one annual race in all three of NASCAR's national series (Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series), as well as a race in the IndyCar Series.

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