Kemper Arena is a 19,500 seat indoor arena, in Kansas City, Missouri.
It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million, from his estate for the arena. Its previous most recent tenant was the American Royal livestock show, which held its annual livestock show there until 2010, when it moved to the nearby Sprint Center. However, beginning in 2013, it will be home to the Kansas City Renegades of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
Having been essentially supplanted by Sprint Center, according to a report by the Kansas City Business Journal on October 25, 2011 the arena will be razed and be replaced by an Agricultural Events Center which will include a 5,000-seat coliseum.
Read more about Kemper Arena: American Royal, Concerts, Facilities
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