Village West

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Village West is a $573 million, 400-acre retail, dining and entertainment development that opened in 2002 in Kansas City, Kansas. It is located at the intersection of Interstates 70 and 435 (11 miles from Downtown KCK). Village West is the most popular tourist destination in the state,^[1] and has significantly fueled growth in KCK and Wyandotte County.

1 Attractions
2 Expansion
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Attractions

Attractions in or adjacent to Village West include:

Kansas Speedway
The Legends at Village West, a large lifestyle center with shops, restaurants and entertainment
Cabela's outdoor outfitter
Nebraska Furniture Mart
Great Wolf Lodge, Indoor Waterpark And Resort
CommunityAmerica Ballpark, home to the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League.

Also within the area are The Woodlands race park (featuring both greyhounds and horses), Sandstone Amphitheater, Wyandotte County Park, and Sunflower Hills Golf Course.

[edit] Expansion

Schlitterbahn Vacation Village, a $750 million, 370-acre resort and waterpark billed as the largest entertainment project in Kansas history, is scheduled to open across I-435 from Village West in 2009.^[2]

There are also three separate proposals for a destination resort casino in or adjacent to the development. The Unified Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan. on December 13 endorsed three proposals to send to state for final consideration: the Cordish Co. and Kansas Speedway's $670 million Hard Rock-branded proposal; Pinnacle Entertainment's $650 million proposal; and the Legends Sun group's $770 million proposal. A fourth proposal, Golden Gaming's $600 million proposal, was endorsed by nearby Edwardsville and sent to state for approval. Only one of these proposals will be approved by the Kansas Lottery Commission.^[3]