
The Kansas City Royals offer three different versions of their Kauffman Stadium ballpark tour. The schedule will vary now that we’re into the offseason but there is the basic, All-Star (90 minutes), and MVP (2 hours) tours.
The outfield features statues of Ewing and Muriel Kauffman, second baseman Frank White, manager Dick Howser, and Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett. The only way to see the statues is either on the tour or at a game. All of them are inside the stadium.

My tour in particular was treated to a special treat because George Brett and Alex Gordon were driving golf balls from just behind home plate. It was because of a Royals Charities auction but we got in a good view from the Diamond Club. Gordon has a club while Brett is the one with a white hat and shorts just in front of the first-base side Royals logo.
Depending on the time, I highly recommend the MVP tour. If the Royals Hall of Fame piques your interest, consider nothing less than the All-Star tour.

From there we went up to the 400 level and took in a full view of what Kauffman Stadium has to offer. They have one of the more interesting video boards but that’s just because crowns are all over Kansas City.

If you look closely at left field, you can see the retired numbers.

We got to take in a view of what now is being called Geha Field at Arrowhead opposite the K at the Truman Sports Complex. The two stadiums share a parking lot and except for one time, they never play home games on the same date. The Kansas City infrastructure has a lot of room for improvement to it’s really impossible for both teams to play at home. Other cities have rapid transit that stop at or nearby the stadium but it’s something that is sorely lacking in Kansas City.
If you had attended a game prior to 2009, the stadium would have looked very different. They expanded the view level to where it goes out further. In short, we wouldn’t have been able to walk in some of the areas that we did because they didn’t extend that far out over 15 years ago.
Following the view level, we walked into the Joe McGuff Press Box. It’s very spacious and also serves as a lunch spot for Royals staffers.

On the far end is where the guy managing the pitch clock sits.

Ford Frick Award winner Denny Matthews calls games from this broadcast booth.

The home clubhouses are almost always off limits so we got to go into the visitor’s clubhouse.

We went into the interview room where I had some news to break.

When did Dugout Suites start becoming a thing?

Is it really a ballpark tour without taking a photo in the dugout?

We stopped inside the Triple Crown Suite which is adorned with names and photos of Triple Crown winners through the years. We subsequently took in a view from one of the suites. It’s just slightly higher than the Diamond Club view. While we didn’t go in, we did get a sneak peak at the owner’s suite.

We walked by the George Brett Lounge on the way to Craft and Draft. After that, it was off to the Royals Hall of Fame. In all honesty, it’s best to take in their Hall of Fame and museum during a ballgame. Time is very limited on tours and we were already running late.


It’s nice to see that they’ve honored the late Buck O’Neil.

We took in the view from the fountains while visiting the outfield.


The outfield features statues of Ewing and Muriel Kauffman, second baseman Frank White, manager Dick Howser, and Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett. The only way to see the statues is either on the tour or at a game. All of them are inside the stadium.

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