Welcome to WycoWest.com, the local Kansas City, Kansas site that features the growing number of attractions, shopping, dining and entertainment destinations in western Wyandotte county Kansas.
Western Wyandotte County includes the cities of Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, western Kansas City, Kansas, and the Piper area of Kansas City, Kansas.
Western Kansas City Kansas is home to the Kansas Speedway, and the current number one tourist destination in Kansas, the Village West retail and entertainment district.
The Village West retail and entertainment district is located adjacent to the Kansas Speedway, and features a variety of shopping, dining and entertainment destinations for the entire family.
The district is anchored by The Legends at Village West, a 1.2 million square-foot open-air lifestyle and entertainment center, with over 85 shops and restaurants, including T-Rex: A Prehistoric Family Adventure, pictured in the photo to the right.
More information about Village West and The Legends at Village West, can be found by selecting, attractions, shopping, dining or lodging from the site menu. Race cars on Pit Road at Kansas Speedway |
 The restaurant T-Rex: A Prehistoric Family Adventure, at the Legends at Village West.
Another major tourist destination on the horizon for western Kansas City, Kansas is Schlitterbahn Vacation Village.
Schlitterbahn Vacation Village is a 370 acre destination water park and year-round resort, being built just east of Kansas Speedway and the Village West retail and entertainment district.
In addition to the water park, Schlitterbahn Vacation Village will feature a riverwalk with destination retail, dining and entertainment, a full-service hotel, waterfront cabins, a unique Treehaus Resort with elevated pods, and other destination attractions.
Schlitterbahn Vacation Village will open in phases, with the waterpark opening this summer and the lodging, riverwalk shops, restaurants and other attractions opening in stages through 2011.
On another front, proposals from two developers to build a destination casino in western Kansas City, Kansas have been forwarded to the state of Kansas for consideration.
Kansas Speedway and the Cordish Company propose to build a destination Hard Rock Casino on turn two at Kansas Speedway, while Penn Hollywood Kansas LLC proposed to build a destination resort and casino adjacent to the Schlitterbahn Vacation Village site.
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