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Municipal Auditorium
301 West 13th St
Kansas City, MO 64105
Opened: January 1, 1935
Municipal Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility located in Kansas City, Missouri. It opened in 1935 and features Streamline Moderne and Art Deco architecture and architectural details. Nicknamed "Municipal", it has hosted the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association tournament annually, each March since 2003. When Kansas City hosts the Big 12 Conference tournament, women's games take place here. It is currently home to the NAIA Men's Division I Basketball National Tournament. It was played here from 1937 to 1974, when it moved into Kemper Arena, and has been home since the Tournament moved back to Kansas City from Tulsa in 2002.

The arena hosted three of the first four Final Fours, and hosted its last NCAA tournament game in 1964. In 2013, the University of Dayton Arena passed Municipal Auditorium in number of games hosted as that arena hosts the opening round games of the NCAA tournament.

The 19,500-seat Kemper Arena was built in 1974 to accommodate Kansas City's professional basketball teams that had been playing at the Auditorium. The Kansas City Kings (known at the time as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings) played their first two seasons at the Auditorium, then returned for the majority of the 1979–80 season after the roof of Kemper Arena caved in on June 4, 1979.

On November 13, 1979, Darryl Dawkins of the Philadelphia 76ers completely shattered a backboard during a game vs. the Kings with a thunderous slam dunk.

It is home to the University of Missouri–Kansas City Kangaroos basketball team.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Feb 3, 2024St. Thomas-Minnesota @ Kansas City 71 - 56
Dec 22, 2018Elon @ UMKC 59 - 95
Dec 15, 2018McNeese State @ UMKC 67 - 80
Dec 13, 2018Milwaukee @ UMKC 69 - 66
Nov 21, 2018Drake @ UMKC 66 - 63
Feb 15, 2018Chicago St. @ UMKC 67 - 76
Feb 10, 2018Utah Valley @ UMKC 70 - 77
Feb 8, 2018Seattle @ UMKC 67 - 74
Jan 27, 2018New Mexico State @ UMKC 73 - 48
Jan 20, 2018Grand Canyon @ UMKC 86 - 69