Kansas City news

Perspire Sauna Studio, the infrared and red light therapy (RLT) sauna franchise, has reported a record-breaking first quarter in 2022. The wellness company announced it ... More

Massage and wellness franchise Massage Heights is under new leadership with Susan Boresow stepping up as new president and CEO. Boresow will succeed company co-founder ... More

Urban Prairie Architectural Collaborative (UPAC) have converted a large brick-built warehouse in Kansas City, Missouri, into a bouldering gym with a variety of other fitness ... More

Pendulum Studio have created a concept design for a new Kansas City Royals ballpark development in the downtown area of the city that would incorporate ... More

The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, has closed to allow a year-long renovation, which it is hoped will see the ... More

Cedar Fair has announced the acquisition of waterpark operator Schlitterbahn, gaining two new Texas waterparks in the process. Upping its waterpark portfolio to 15, the ... More

An interactive children’s museum celebrating professional and collegiate mascots in the US is due to open on 26 December 2018. Situated in Whiting, Indiana, US, ... More

A new US$75m (€64.4m, £57.3m) aquarium is in the works for Kansas City Zoo, with the attraction’s CEO Randy Wisthoff unveiling a proposal for the ... More

Steven Holl Architects (SHA) has been declared winner of the Future Campus – University College Dublin International Design Competition. In a statement, the international jury ... More

Steven Holl has revealed to CLADglobal the role that watercolour painting plays in his design process; offering a rare glimpse of some of the artwork ... More

The James Beard Foundation (JBF) has held its 2018 Restaurant Design Awards, presenting a hat-trick of prizes to the new eateries it judges to be ... More

Charges have been filed against waterpark operator Schlitterbahn and a former employee in connection with the 2016 death of a young boy on its Verrückt ... More

Architect Steven Holl has blamed “a crisis of ignorance in high places” for a lack of progress in adopting environmental building practices, reserving particular ire ... More

The James Beard Foundation (JBF) has announced today (7 March) that The American Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, has been awarded this year’s Design Icon ... More

Sports architecture firm Populous will design a 365-day stadium for Didier Drogba’s US football franchise Phoneix Rising FC, which has ambitions of joining Major League ... More

US-based male-only day spa and grooming chain, The Gents Place, has opened its first franchised location. The brand, which markets itself as a ‘lifestyle club’, ... More

Disney has announced a slew of new additions for its parks worldwide, including a Star Wars hotel, Marvel and Pixar attractions, and the very first ... More

US-based Genesis Health Clubs has purchased its 13th Kansas City location - HealthRidge Fitness Centre in Olathe - taking the number of gyms in its ... More

Waterpark pioneer and Schlitterbahn founder Robert Henry has died aged 89. A statement from the operator said that Henry – or Mr. Bob as he ... More

Schlitterbahn Galveston Island in Galveston, Texas, is officially the proud owner of the world’s tallest water coaster. Measuring in at a height of 245m (82ft), ... More

HOK – the architects chosen to design FC Barcelona’s new Palau Blaugrana Arena – have swooped in to hire former Populous associate principal Algen Williams. ... More

Future US Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise Minnesota United FC has announced Populous as the lead architect for its US$120m (£80m, €114m) stadium. Earmarked for ... More

A former Major League Soccer (MLS) marketer and commentator has challenged English rugby clubs to “think outside the box” to compete against rival sports for ... More

Sport and entertainment architects, Populous, have announced a merger with Jump Studios, a London-based practice which specialises in high-concept interiors, installations and architectural design. The ... More

Global engineering and design company HOK is returning to sports facility design for the first time since 2008, after completing a deal to acquire Kansas ... More