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Best Kansas City Royals Away Games to Attend This Season

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Denver

Royals at Colorado Rockies plus Colorado Rapids — a MLB + MLS road trip.

Stack · 4Leagues · MLB, MLS
Est. tripUS$660+Tickets US$165 · Flight US$210 · Hotel 2 nights US$280

Kansas City Royals fans have exactly one multi-sport road trip worth planning this season — Denver. Everything else is a MLB-only series weekend. That does not make these trips bad, but it limits the stacking value that justifies the travel.

Denver is the top destination with a 4-game stack across MLB and MLS.

Kansas City home weekends match the best away trip at 4 games — sharing the city with Sporting Kansas City, Chiefs — so the case for traveling is about league variety and destination appeal, not raw volume.

Mostly a MLB road-trip team. Kansas City and the best away cities both stack 4 games, but most road trips are single-league series rather than true multi-sport weekends.

Best Royals Road Trips: Multi-Sport Weekends

1 away city where a Royals road game turns into a real multi-league weekend. Ranked by league diversity, then stack size, then cost.

Trip totals combine ticket-stack, hotel for 2 nights, and round-trip flights for fly-distance routes. Drive-friendly trips (<150 mi) exclude flight cost; medium-distance trips (150–500 mi) show stay + tickets only because travel cost varies by traveler. Trips with incomplete data fall back to ticket-stack pricing.

What Makes a Royals Road Trip Worth It?

Most Royals away weekends (10 of 11) are MLB-only series. A typical road trip is three games at one stadium — enjoyable, but not a SportCation. The question is whether the 1 multi-sport weekend justify the planning.

Only Denver produces a real multi-sport weekend — adding MLS to the MLB series. Every other away trip is single-league, so the decision is simple: is one multi-sport weekend worth the trip, or are you better off stacking at home?

The benchmark is Kansas City home weekends, where Sporting Kansas City, Chiefs give you 4 games without a flight. An away trip needs to either beat that stack count, offer leagues Kansas City doesn't have, or send you somewhere worth visiting beyond the games.

Denver

Denver leads on pure stacking math: 4 games across 2 leagues in one weekend at US$164 combined. Logistics: compact downtown venue cluster, direct rail from the airport to the sports district. The MLB anchor is Royals at Colorado Rockies, with Colorado Rapids (MLS) filling the rest of the weekend. This is the value play — maximum games at the lowest cost.

Cheapest Royals Away Game Weekends

Ranked by estimated trip cost — tickets, hotel for two nights, and round-trip flight where the trip is fly-distance. Drive-friendly trips exclude flight cost. Trips between 150 and 500 miles show stay + tickets only because travel cost depends on the traveler. Trips with incomplete data appear at the bottom.

Closest Royals Road Games from Kansas City

Ranked by miles between Kansas City and the destination's venue cluster — the most drivable Royals road games this season.

Royals Away Schedule 2026

118 games · 58 home · 60 away
MAY15
Kansas City RoyalsATSt. Louis Cardinals
Away - St Louis19:15
TicketsUS$135 est.Plan Trip
MAY16
Kansas City RoyalsATSt. Louis Cardinals
Away - St Louis13:15
TicketsUS$135 est.Plan Trip
MAY17
Kansas City RoyalsATSt. Louis Cardinals
Away - St Louis13:15
TicketsUS$135 est.Plan Trip
MAY29
Kansas City RoyalsATTexas Rangers
Away - Dallas19:05
TicketsUS$100 est.Plan Trip
MAY30
Kansas City RoyalsATTexas Rangers
Away - Dallas15:05
TicketsUS$100 est.Plan Trip
MAY31
Kansas City RoyalsATTexas Rangers
Away - Dallas13:35
TicketsUS$100 est.Plan Trip
JUN1
Kansas City RoyalsATCincinnati Reds
Away - Cincinnati19:10
TicketsUS$50 est.Plan Trip
JUN2
Kansas City RoyalsATCincinnati Reds
Away - Cincinnati19:10
TicketsUS$50 est.Plan Trip
JUN3
Kansas City RoyalsATCincinnati Reds
Away - Cincinnati19:10
TicketsUS$50 est.Plan Trip
JUN4
Kansas City RoyalsATMinnesota Twins
Away - Minneapolis18:40
TicketsUS$85 est.Plan Trip
JUN5
Kansas City RoyalsATMinnesota Twins
Away - Minneapolis19:15
TicketsUS$85 est.Plan Trip
JUN6
Kansas City RoyalsATMinnesota Twins
Away - Minneapolis13:10
TicketsUS$85 est.Plan Trip
JUN7
Kansas City RoyalsATMinnesota Twins
Away - Minneapolis13:10
TicketsUS$85 est.Plan Trip
JUN15
Kansas City RoyalsATWashington Nationals
Away - Washington18:45
TicketsUS$115 est.Plan Trip
JUN16
Kansas City RoyalsATWashington Nationals
Away - Washington18:45
TicketsUS$115 est.Plan Trip
JUN17
Kansas City RoyalsATWashington Nationals
Away - Washington13:05
TicketsUS$115 est.Plan Trip
JUN22
Kansas City RoyalsATTampa Bay Rays
Away - Tampa18:40
TicketsUS$28 est.Plan Trip
JUN23
Kansas City RoyalsATTampa Bay Rays
Away - Tampa18:40
TicketsUS$28 est.Plan Trip
JUN24
Kansas City RoyalsATTampa Bay Rays
Away - Tampa18:40
TicketsUS$28 est.Plan Trip
JUN25
Kansas City RoyalsATTampa Bay Rays
Away - Tampa12:10
TicketsUS$28 est.Plan Trip

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the best Royals away game to travel to this season?
Denver on July 31. The Royals road game stacks into a 4-game weekend across 2 leagues (MLB, MLS). Estimated weekend ticket total: US$164.
How much do Royals away game tickets cost?
Royals tickets average around US$75 on the secondary market — and the cheapest road weekend total this season is around US$75 in Chicago. Stacking other games into the same weekend lowers the per-game cost on a road trip.
Where do the Kansas City Royals play on the road this season?
11 cities offer real Royals road-trip opportunities — including Denver, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, plus 5 more.
Which Royals away game weekend has the cheapest tickets?
Chicago. Estimated weekend ticket total around US$75, anchored by the Royals game itself plus 2 other games on the same weekend. Hotel and travel costs aren't included in this ranking.
Can I see the Royals play another sport on the same weekend?
Yes. Denver offers a 4-game weekend spanning MLB + MLS — the Royals road game plus other leagues on the same Friday-Sunday window.
When does the Kansas City Royals full schedule get released?
The MLB typically releases its full schedule in August. Once it drops, this page updates automatically with road-trip rankings, multi-sport weekends, and ticket pricing.