Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas)
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The Kansas City Memorial Hall is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose venue, located in Kansas City, Kansas
. The auditorium, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts and sporting events.
Country music
legend Patsy Cline
performed her last concert at Memorial Hall on March 3, 1963; two days before her death, in an airplane crash in Camden, Tennessee, while enroute to Nashville from Kansas City.
Professional wrestling was a Thursday night tradition at Memorial Hall in the 1970s, with cards often taped for the "All-Star Wrestling" telecast days later. Harley Race
won his first National Wrestling Alliance
championship at Memorial Hall in 1973, defeating Dory Funk Jr. in three falls. ShoMMA 5: Woodley vs. Bears took place at Memorial Hall on November 20, 2009.
The Kansas City, Kansas Public School District holds an annual convocation for staff each August. All district staff is present for this event.
39.112352°N 94.62761°W
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
. The auditorium, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts and sporting events.
Country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
legend Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...
performed her last concert at Memorial Hall on March 3, 1963; two days before her death, in an airplane crash in Camden, Tennessee, while enroute to Nashville from Kansas City.
Professional wrestling was a Thursday night tradition at Memorial Hall in the 1970s, with cards often taped for the "All-Star Wrestling" telecast days later. Harley Race
Harley Race
Harley Leland Race is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter and trainer. During his career as a wrestler, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 7 times...
won his first National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
championship at Memorial Hall in 1973, defeating Dory Funk Jr. in three falls. ShoMMA 5: Woodley vs. Bears took place at Memorial Hall on November 20, 2009.
The Kansas City, Kansas Public School District holds an annual convocation for staff each August. All district staff is present for this event.
39.112352°N 94.62761°W