It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s the Western Auto sign!
💡 Western Auto sign to relight permanently starting TONIGHT
🏈 Coca-Cola Game Days are back at KC Live!
🍴 Last call for this week’s Dinner Club
🤔 Tuesday Trivia: Western Auto Sign history
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Western Auto Sign to Relight Permanently Starting Tonight
KC Yesterday
After remaining dark for over a year, the Western Auto Sign in the Crossroads is expected to light permanently starting tonight.
Here’s Your Sign: According to an announcement on social media from KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas, the iconic sign will relight tonight at 9pm. This comes after extensive renovations to the sign, and the lighting is expected to be permanent.
Dark to Light: The sign has been dark since July of 2025, due to broken bulbs and other costly repairs & maintenance. The hope was to have the sign repaired before the World Cup in June, but that timeline was pushed back. The sign remained dark from 2000 to 2018, so this period of darkness was much shorter.
The Western Auto Sign sits on the rooftop of the Western Auto Lofts at 2107 Grand Boulevard.
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Coca-Cola Game Days Return to KC Live! at Power & Light
KC Live!
Coca-Cola Game Days return to KC Live! at the Power & Light District this football season, bringing Chiefs fans together in the heart of downtown for every game.
Red Kingdom: What’s better than watching the Chiefs on a Sunday? Watching on a 40-foot screeen alongside hundreds of fellow fans! Game Days run through the entire season: September 14, September 20 and 27, October 4, 18, and 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, and 26 (Thanksgiving), December 3, 13, 21, and 27.
Ready for Football?: Doors open at least two hours before kickoff, with table reservations available at participating KC Live! venues. The remaining two preseason game days (8/22 and 8/28) are free to attend, and all regular-season game days are $20 admission. The events are 21+.
Find details on each Coca-Cola Game Day HERE.
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Last Call for Dinner Club on the Plaza!
KC Daily Dinner Club
Last call! We’re hosting our next KC Daily Dinner Club this Thursday, August 20th, at 6:30pm at restaurants around the Country Club Plaza. A quick rundown of how this thing works:
You take a personality quiz, which helps us match you to fellow guests who share similar interests.
We pick restaurants, make reservations, and match groups based on the quizzes.
You’ll get a text/email the morning of revealing your restaurant
You show up and enjoy meeting new people! During dinner, you’ll receive a message with the location of an optional dinner party to meet up with all the other groups.
Whether you’re looking for new friends, professional connections, or even love, Dinner Club is an easy and pressure-free way to get out and meet others. Hope to see you there!
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In Other News…
🍺 Drink Local, Give Local: PourForCharity just launched in KC — a digital pass good for two complimentary drinks at Blue Line Bar, Taps On Main, Transparent Brewing, and more. With each purchase, YOU make a donation to a local charity of your choice!*
🍎 Fall in a Can: Boulevard Brewing teamed up with Louisburg Cider Mill on a limited-release Old Fashioned Hard Apple Cider. Fresh-pressed Kansas apples meet Boulevard's decades of brewing experience for a taste of autumn.
🏛️ Truman Transformation: The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence broke ground on a $13 million outdoor transformation featuring a Walk with Truman Trail, redesigned memorial courtyard, and 13,000 native plants. Completion expected summer 2027.
🏆 Return to the Top?: According to current betting odds from DraftKings, the Chiefs are favored to win the AFC West. The Chiefs won 9 straight division titles from 2016-2024 before Denver broke the streak in 2025.
🤩 Backyard Dreams: An 11,000-square-foot, one-level home in Lloch Lloyd, built by Helm Custom Homes, is on this year’s Artisan Homes Tour. It has one of the coolest backyards we’ve ever seen in a house in the KC area.
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Tuesday Trivia 🤔
Before the Western Auto sign went up, which company had a sign on the rooftop of the building at 2107 Grand Blvd?
Tuesday Trivia is in partnership with our friends at KC Yesterday.
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