The Insurance Doctor

Month: September 2016

  • 6 Reasons to Visit Kansas City

    If you do the proper research you will find Kansas City to be a fun, underrated and interesting place to visit.  We just returned from a 4 day long weekend and suggest the following;

    1. KC Barbecue: KC BBQ is the real deal!  My suggestions are Joe’s, the most famous place as well as Arthur Bryant’s and Gates BBQ.  You won’t be disappointed.

    Kansas City Country Club District
    Kansas City Country Club District

    2. Arrowhead and Kaufman stadiums: Arrowhead has cracked my top 10.  Unique structural design and shape as well as round reply screens set it apart from other stadiums.  We were told that the engineering firm that did Arrowhead was used for several other stadiums.

    3. Negro Baseball league Museum: This place was awesome!  There’s a mini movie theatre, cool exhibits, great history and a small field with bronze statues.  They let you run the bases as well. It’s a must.  The museum is directly across from the Jazz museum and you can see both for $15, tremendous value.

    4. Power and Light district: Cool downtown area on the Missouri border with tons of bars and restaurants as well as better than expected nightlife.  Open until 3am.

    5. Country club district area: Very interesting and high end shopping.  We were there for their 85th annual art festival.  Closed off streets with blocks of booths and progressive art.  Locals call it the “million dollar walk”.

    6. The people:  These are some of the friendliest people we have encountered in the USA.  Easy to talk to and they will welcome you with open arms, even Jet fans, lol.

  • 10 Interesting Facts about the U.S. Tennis Open

    I have attended every U.S. Tennis Open since the early 80’s when my brother and I both were ball boys.  The 2 week tournament has gone through a lot of changes over the years.US Open New York 2016

    1. Arthur Ashe won the first US Open as an amateur and the main stadium at the Billie Jean King USTA Tennis center is named after him.  Virginia Wade won the women’s title.

    2. Men and women receive an equal amount of prize money, a tradition started in 1973.  This designated tennis as the first sport to award equal prize money to men and women.

    3. The total payout for this year’s tournament is up 10% to $46.3 million.  First place pays $3.5 million.  A first round singles loss pays $43,000.  The $46.3 million is the highest payout of any tennis tournament.

    4. In 1975 the US Open became the first grand slam tourney to have night games.

    5. Since 1978 matches have been played on a hard-court surface covered with Deco turf II.

    6. In the other grand slam tournaments (Wimbledon, the Australian and French Open’s) there’s no tiebreakers.  They just keep playing until one player wins by 2 games.

    7. Venus and Serena Williams became the first sisters to meet in a grand slam final at the US Open in 2001.

    8. Arthur Ashe stadium is the largest “tennis specific” stadium in the world.  It seats 23,771 people.

    9. The new roof at this year’s open is made up of two 1 million pound plates that were installed at a cost of $100 million.  It takes 5.5 minutes to close.

    10. The trophy is designed by Tiffany & Co