Best Sport’s Event Host City

I’ve been saying for a while, but Wichita is a sports city.

Now is time to prove it.

Wichita is one of six finalists for the 2025 SportsTravel Awards in the Best Sports-Event Host City category.

You can help us win by voting:

1. Click the link to vote: https://bit.ly/4l5QQ1j

2. Enter your info on the first page.

3. Scroll to the bottom of page 4 and select Wichita as Best Sports-Event Host City.

We’re up against Atlanta, Georgia; Boise, Idaho; Charlotte, North Carolina; Des Moines, Iowa; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This comes after we hosted a few events in the just the past year:

• 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (first-ever in Kansas)

• NCAA Men’s Basketball Division I Championships – First & Second Rounds

• Athletes Unlimited Softball (AUX & Championship seasons)

• NAIA Men’s & Women’s Wrestling National Championships

• Professional Fighters League (PFL 6)

• The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – Wichita Regional, Semifinals and Championship

• AJGA Wichita Junior Championship

• US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup

• USA Lacrosse WCLA Championships

• NJCAA & NAIA Men’s and Women’s Soccer National Championships

Together with IdeaTek

Does it ever feel like you have no choice when it comes to internet? You are stuck with slow or expensive.

What if I told you there was a better option? A local option?

Ideatek is an actual, local fiber internet provider quickly expanding across different parts of the Wichita area.

Oh and it’s faster and cheaper than many options out there.

Because Ideatek loves Kansas as much as you do, they launched a Love Kansas campaign where they’re giving away bi-weekly prizes as well as a year of free internet to one lucky winner !

Enter to win today at ideatek.com/loveks

You can also use code LOVEKANSAS to get 1 month free + free installation.

LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

• Bar Louie - inside co-branded Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton near Eisenhower Airport - Reservations opening up later this month

• Room 9100 cocktail lounge - inside Marriott near Kellogg and Webb (previously Fireside Grille) - Opening in a couple of weeks

• Newk’s Eatery - Waterfront - Opening this fall

Closing

• Pig In Pig Out - Now Closed

Was Temporarily Closed

• Lululemon - Bradley Fair - Car crashed into it. I think it’s open now

NONPROFIT

🚨New section alert! 🚨

We want to have a dedicated section for local nonprofits. Let us know who we should cover!

TKAAM

The Kansas African American Museum (TKAAM) and its new executive director (Shane Carter) are looking to make it a premier destination.

Have you been?

Golf for a Cause

The Ken Landwehr Make Good Choices Golf Tournament is coming up on Friday, September 5, 2025. This annual event benefits the Wichita Metro Crime Commission, with all proceeds supporting our Make Good Choices initiatives.

Coming Together for a Cure

Coming Together for a Cure is one of our favorite nonprofits in Wichita.

Their Dine, Drink, and Dance Under the Stars fundraiser is coming up on Saturday, October 4. This is your excuse to dress up in that modern western elegance attire you’ve been trying to find an excuse to wear!

Together with Fly ICT

Make plans to make history.

American Airlines is now offering daily nonstop flights from Wichita (ICT) to Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA).

Whether it’s for business or just for fun to explore our nations capitol, it has never been easier to get to DC.

What’s stopping you from seeing the Lincoln Memorial, White House, the Smithsonian Museum or the cherry blossoms?

I can tell you what isn’t - a connection.

Want a chance to win a FREE trip to DC (flights + hotel + parking)? Click here.

CIVIL

Osage Park

Osage Park in south Wichita is getting an outdoor fitness court thanks to a $130k allocation (including $40k from Blue Cross Blue Shield) approved by the Wichita City Council.

LOCAL

Van Gogh Wichita

Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is coming to Wichita and opens on August 22nd through the end of the year.

You can find it at the empty, former Sears Outlet at 3535 N Rock Rd.

You will quite literally be stepping into a Van Gogh painting.

Downtown Wichita Action Plan

The Downtown Wichita Action Plan is nearing completion and the team wants your voice to be part of it!

The next (and final) open house is Wednesday, August 27th and will give you a chance to explore draft design strategies, provide input, and truly help shape the future of Downtown Wichita. RSVP TODAY.

Live Music Series

I love all the various music series that have popped up around town.

Bradley Fair. Naftzger Park. Cap Fed Amphitheater out in Andover.

Get ready for Concerts at the Corner at Mark Arts Center.

It kicks off with Rudy Love and the Encore on August 21st.

Girls High School Flag Football

There will be 9 girls high school flag football teams in the Wichita area with 7 from Wichita Public Schools plus Maize and Maize South.

This all comes with the backing of the KC Chiefs.

I’m sorry to you millennials who would have doing early 2000’s version of the Griddy…the Soulja Boy? Cat Daddy? The Jerk?

Biomedical Center

Have you been by the new Biomedical Center downtown lately? It is making great progress!

Vet Aid Concert

Joe Walsh is a member of legendary rock band The Eagles and he is also from Wichita!

He is bringing VetAid 2025 to Wichita on 11/15 at Intrust Bank Arena which will raise money that goes directly to veterans’ service charities.

Demolition

I lived in the Fairmount South dorms (SOUTH SIDEEE) back in my days at WSU, so I know a thing or two about my former home being destroyed (not while I was there, but you get it).

The last legacy dorm, Brennan Hall, is in the process of being torn down.

ICT EXTRA

Why is Wichita called ICT?

Here is a quick history lesson.

Did you know…

There is a local group that knits and sews for nature?

Fall Evolve Guide

The 2025 City of Wichita Fall Evolve Guide is now live!

Monday 8/11

• Books & Bites: Back to School Literacy Event | Wichita Applebee’s Locations | 8/11 - 8/17

• Women Only Introductory Pistol | Range 54 | 6pm

Tuesday 8/12

• Little Explorers Come-and-Go Activities | Museum of World Treasures | 10am

• City Council Meeting | City Hall | 7pm

• House Party | Artichoke East | 8pm

Wednesday 8/13

• Wonder Wednesdays | Botanica | 9:30am

• Farmer’s Market with Green Acres | Bradley Fair | 3pm

• Lofi Book Night | Grow | 5pm

Thursday 8/14

• Rhea Lana’s Consignment | Century II | 8/14 - 8/22

• Leaf Me Alone Lo-Fi Night | Grow | 4pm

• Cocktails With The Curator: Shots of History Edition | Museum of World Treasures | 5pm

• Maize Farm & Art Market | Clair Donnelly Amphitheater | 5pm

• In Store Author Event with Holly Terrill | Watermark | 6pm

LIVE MUSIC

Don't see your concert or show here?

​Be sure to submit it on our website so we don't miss it!

SPORTS

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