Hy-Vee Arena
Hy-Vee Arena, previously known as Kemper Arena, is an indoor arena located in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to conversion to a youth sports and community gymnasium facility, Kemper Arena was previously a 19,500-seat professional sports arena. It has hosted NCAA Final Four basketball games, professional basketball and hockey teams, professional wrestling events, the 1976 Republican National Convention, concerts, and is the ongoing host of the American Royal livestock show.
Exterior view of venue, 2022 | |
| Former names | Kemper Arena (1974–2018) Mosaic Arena (2017) |
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| Address | 1800 Genessee St Kansas City, Missouri, US |
| Location | West Bottoms |
| Owner | Foutch Brothers LLC |
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| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 17, 1972 |
| Opened | September 30, 1974 |
| Renovated | 1976, 1987, 1996, 2017–2018 |
| Construction cost | $23 million ($168 million in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | Helmut Jahn |
| Services engineer | HNTB |
| General contractor | J. E. Dunn Construction Group |
| Tenants | |
| Former tenants: see the History section | |
| Website | |
| hyveearena | |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Groundbreaking | September 17, 2017 |
| Opened | October 5, 2018 |
| Renovation cost | $39 million |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | Foutch Architecture and Development |
| Main contractor | McCownGordon Construction |
R. Crosby Kemper Sr. Memorial Arena | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000160 |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 2016 |
It was originally named for Rufus Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million from his estate for the arena. In 2016, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its revolutionary design by Helmut Jahn.