KC Sports By the Numbers
23,784,162
The number of fans who have attended Chiefs games at Arrowhead stadium since it was opened for the 1972 season. The largest crowd to ever attend a game at Arrowhead was that same year, against the Oakland Raiders. That game, 82,094 people attended on Nov. 5, 1972, when the Chiefs won 27-14.
20,516
Minutes played by Kerry Zavagnin for the Kansas City Wizards. After arriving in Kansas City in 2000, Zavagnin helped the Wizards win the 2000 MLS Cup. He played for the Wizards until his retirement in 2008.
3
Innings pitched by baseball legend Satchel Paige in his last professional baseball game for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965. At the time, he was 59 and had pitched for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1939 to 1947. Signed by the Athletics for one game against the Boston Red Sox, he was relieved by Haywood Sullivan in the fourth inning and received an ovation from the crowd of 9,000 people.
170
In April 2001, Kansas Speedway hosted its first open test weekend. ARCA RE/MAX Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Ryan Newman tested his Penske South ARCA car during a test at Kansas Speedway, reaching speeds in excess of 170 mph.