Kansas City Chiefs road trip guide
Everything you need to catch the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City — arena guide, tickets, getting there and where to watch.
🎟️ Kansas City Chiefs tickets
Compare box office and resale for upcoming Chiefs games. Prices vary by opponent and date — check a specific game on the Chiefs schedule.
✈️🚗 Getting to Arrowhead Stadium
Nearest major airport is Kansas City (MCI) — about 26 mi / 37 min from the arena.
🧭 Planning your trip — quick answers
What airport do you fly into for a Kansas City Chiefs game?
Kansas City (MCI) (MCI) is the closest major airport — roughly 26 miles from Arrowhead Stadium, about 37 min by car depending on traffic.
How much is parking at Arrowhead Stadium?
Official game-day parking typically runs $35-40 prepaid advance up to $60-100 drive-up/premium USD. RideKC's Route 47 Broadway bus serves the Truman Sports Complex and is free to ride, offering a zero-parking-cost option from downtown on gamedays.
How do you get to Arrowhead Stadium without a car?
RideKC Route 47 Broadway bus runs from downtown Kansas City to Blue Ridge Cutoff, within walking distance of the stadium, serving as the main dedicated public-transit link on Chiefs game days; RideKC routes/streetcar have historically been…
How much is a beer at Arrowhead Stadium?
Normal walk-up prices are about $9.41 USD for a standard draft beer and $4.90 USD for a regular hot dog. The league-wide average is $10.36 USD a beer — see how Arrowhead Stadium ranks against all 109 arenas on our arena-prices page.
Prices and logistics are approximate and change — details in the arena-prices table and the arena guide below.
🏟️ Arrowhead Stadium fan guide
Best seats
Lower bowl between the 20s for the wall of sound — one of the loudest stadiums anywhere. Upper deck is steep but the atmosphere carries; sit lower if you can.
Parking
Enormous lots at the Truman Sports Complex — tailgating is a religion here (KC barbecue everywhere). No transit; drive. ($40–60 (with tailgate lots))
Getting there
No rail — drive or rideshare to the Truman Sports Complex east of downtown.
Bar scene
The scene IS the parking-lot tailgate — legendary KC barbecue and beer. Before/after, the Power & Light District downtown is the bar hub (~15-min drive).
Pre-game bars
- Parking-lot tailgates — The real Arrowhead experience — BBQ and beer.
- Power & Light District (downtown) — The bar district for after.
Concession prices (USD, approx)
- Beer$11–14
- BBQ sandwich$14
- Hot dog$7
Insider tips
- Tailgate — it's the point
- Bring earplugs; it's genuinely deafening
📺 Where to watch the Chiefs
National (US): CBS · FOX · NBC / Peacock · ESPN / ABC · Amazon Prime Video · Netflix · NFL Network. Full TV guide →
🧳 Make a trip of it — Kansas City
The best BBQ argument in America, jazz history and fountains everywhere.
- KC BBQ — Burnt ends — the KC specialty.
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art — Free, with the giant lawn shuttlecocks.
- Loose Park & the Plaza — Green space in the middle of it all.
🧭 Combine it into a road trip
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