Springsteen concert

On Sunday morning, Dan and I drove to Kansas City to see the final performance of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's "Magic" tour at the Sprint Center.

We stayed in a hotel just a few blocks from the arena, the Hotel Phillips. It's an old, art deco hotel.

The lobby of the Hotel Phillips

We met up with Dan's brother and his wife and walked around the Power and Light District, which is a collection of bars and restaurants right across from the arena. We had a great dinner at an Irish pub called Ragland Road, and then visited several bars and had drinks.

We had risotto and bangers and mash for dinner

We headed over to the arena around 6 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. start of the concert because we wanted to walk around the new arena. One of the neatest things about the arena was that it had a mini Quik Trip store inside where you could buy coffee and frozen drinks at Quik Trip prices, even though there were other concession stands that were selling $3.50 Pepsis.

The Sprint Center



Our ticket

The concert was awesome, although it started almost an hour and a half late. Bruce and the Band played for three non-stop hours, so we certainly got our money's worth. Since the concert ended at midnight, I'm glad Dan and I decided to spend a little extra on a hotel room and didn't have to drive back to go to work the next day.

For a band where the average age is 50, I think they put on a great show!