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KC Current’s new stadium
Here’s what to know about CPKC Stadium, the first U.S. stadium built for a women’s pro team. It’s been touted as a ground-breaking project in its design, features, funding and more.
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If you haven’t noticed — but lots of people have — Kansas City’s Bond Bridge is glowing teal.
“The Bond Bridge is sporting some new colors,” Berkley Riverfront announced on social media Monday.
The bridge lighting hints that Kansas City is about to get lit for a historic moment in women’s sports.
Next week more of the city’s skyline will glow teal to honor the opening of CPKC Stadium at Berkley Riverfront Park, the first built specifically for a women’s professional sports team.
The inaugural match will be played at noon March 16 against the Portland Thorns.
Kansas City’s Union Station began its “countdown” Monday night by lighting the building’s facade in teal and red. Team banners hang on the building’s south side, and a new photo op backdrop for sports fans has been installed in the Grand Hall.
The station will be lit in teal and red again on opening day, Union Station officials said.
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will also be lit in teal for the team’s opening weekend, said Bill Miller, vice president of operations.
The building will glow teal on the night of March 15 and the morning of the home opener. “We will be lighting similarly for Sporting KC and the Royals on their home opener dates,” Miller said.
According to the team website, teal has been a fan favorite color “from day one,” signifying “optimism, hope and inclusion.”
A secondary color, Heartland Red, “represents the team’s location in the heart of the country.” The team’s crest also uses a deep blue called Storm, “a grounding color symbolic of strength, determination and power.”
Kansas City is known for its coordinated downtown lightings to honor its sports teams, a tradition popularized by the Royals’ World Series appearances in 2014 and 2015 and continued through the Chiefs’ Super Bowl runs.
This story was originally published March 5, 2024 at 12:09 PM.
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