The Epic Center is a high-rise building located at 301 N. Main St. in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

. At 325 feet, it is the tallest building in the city of Wichita, and the entire state of Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 (One Kansas City Place

One Kansas City Place

One Kansas City Place is the tallest building located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Avenue to the west, and Main Street to the east...

 is in Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

). The tallest structure in the state is the KWCH Tower

KWCH Tower

The KWCH Tower is a 1,501 foot high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of TV programs and FM in Burrton, Kansas, USA . The KWCH Tower was completed in 1965 and is the property of KWCH-TV .The tower is the tallest structure in the state of Kansas...

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Construction of the Epic Center began in 1987. It officially opened for business in 1989. Created as a lure for businesses to the downtown area, the Epic Center helped create a "big city" feel for Wichita at a time when the economy was fluctuating.