UPDATE: Kauffman Center debut: KC's $414 million arts center open

Thursday, September 15, 2011 | 6:07 p.m. CDT

KANSAS CITY — Kansas City's new, long-awaited $414 million performing arts center, a hefty steel and concrete chrysalis-like structure on the edge of downtown, opens Friday night amid high hopes for its role as a performance site — and incubator for the arts, education and more.

advertisements