KC on Budget Travel Magazine's "Top Budget Travel Destinations for 2012"

Yes, we are. It seems the zeitgeist right now, mostly due to our new Kauffman Center for the Arts, is all about getting to Kansas City. What the magazine has to say: "Thanks to arts-centric developments both large-scale and grassroots, this Midwestern city is fast becoming a hotbed of high culture. In September, the $326 million Moshe Safdie–designed Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opened to host the Kansas City Ballet, the Lyric Opera, and the Kansas City Symphony, along with one-off performances of all stripes. The center's arrival has only helped to bolster the already-vibrant Crossroads Arts District—a funky enclave of 70-plus galleries in renovated warehouses, interspersed with boutiques and restaurants—that surrounds it. Thankfully, Kansas City's prices haven't caught up to its highbrow reputation. Both hotels and rental cars are cheaper than they were in 2010, with rooms going for about $137 per night (a 3 percent drop) and cars averaging $55 per day." We couldn't agree more. (Except actually, didn't the Kauffman Center cost $413m?) Link: http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/top-budget-travel-destinations-for-2012,8005/?page=4