Kansas City to host 5 free All-Star Game watch parties

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If you don’t have a ticket to the 83rd Annual MLB All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium, there’s another option for fans.

Kansas City will host five Community Watch Parties at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10. The Mayor’s office and the city will host the parties that will be free to the public.

The watch parties will take place at 18th & Vine, Crown Center, Guadalupe Center, Kansas City Zoo and Zona Rosa. The parties will feature food and entertainment.

“The beauty of what the city has done is given a little bit more ownership in that neighborhood to participate,” Kansas City Host Committee Manager Keli O’Neill Wenzel said. “So it could become very large in some, and it could be just that grassroots let’s bring a picnic and watch the game.”

It’s been 39 years since Kansas City has hosted an MLB All-Star game.

The City of Independence is also hosting an official watch party.

Information on all the watch parties can be found below:

Crown Center 6 p.m.
2450 Grand Blvd
Coolers & personal refreshments allowed (no glass containers)

Guadalupe Center 6 p.m.
1015 Avenida Cesar E. Chavez
Note: Catch the game in Spanish here!
No outside food or beverage allowed - lots of great food will be available for sale

Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District - McShann Pavilion 6 p.m.
Coolers & refreshments allowed (no glass containers)

Kansas City Zoo - Gates open at 4 p.m. for free admission to the Zoo and Watch Party
Swope Park
Coolers & refreshments allowed (no glass containers)

Zona Rosa 6 p.m.
8640 N. Dixon Ave - In the Northland
Coolers & refreshments allowed (no glass containers)

Independence Square
On the corner of Liberty and Main.
Kick back and watch the action on a giant LED screen, listen to live music, entertain your kids with free children's activities and chow down on all kinds of food and beverage concessions. The fun begins at 5:30, events for kids continue till 8:30.
Bring lawn chairs and/or blankets.