On Saturday, March 16 Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) representatives joined the Kansas City Current soccer team to celebrate the opening of CPKC Stadium, the first stadium in the world built specifically for a women’s professional sports team.

Prior to CPKC Stadium opening to the public for the first regular season Kansas City Current home game, CPKC presented the team with a new specially designed mini-train, modelled after CPKC’s popular Little General mini-train. CPKC’s mini-trains visit communities across the company’s network to help raise awareness of rail safety, reminding people of all ages about the importance of safe behaviour around trains and tracks.

CPKC and the Kansas City Current announced their historic naming rights agreement on Oct. 19, 2023. In addition to naming rights for the stadium itself, the outdoor space at the entrance to the stadium, a family-friendly area where fans and spectators can gather before stadium events and home to the team store, is called CPKC Plaza.

With every goal scored by the Kansas City Current this season, both at home and away, CPKC will make a donation to the Adelaide C. Ward Women’s Heart Health Center at the University of Kansas Health System. Through its Goals for Heart initiative, CPKC Has Heart will provide funding to help women access testing that helps identify their risk of developing coronary artery disease.

CPKC Stadium adds to the company’s commitment to women’s sports. CPKC has been the title sponsor of the annual CPKC Women’s Open, the lone stop in Canada of the LPGA tour, since 2014. The tournament features the game’s biggest stars and has raised more than $19 million in support of children’s heart health.

-via Press Release