Top 12 Big 12 tournament tips

- Take the MAX.  If you must drive, generally park west of Main or North of 11th.  11th & Oak garage and Kauffman PAC garages good choices

- Avoid dining in P&L Live block.  Pull up Yelp and find something.  Tons of good restaurants a quick walk.  Some suggestions: Antons, Milwaukee Deli, Tannin, Pizza Bella, Peanut, Los Tules. All within .5 mile.

- Act like a local:  Skystations (4 pieces of art on pedestals west of sprint), Baldwin jeans (those block KC hats), Jason Sudeikis or Eric Stonestreet or Eddie Griffin...pick one you went to HS with, mumble how you never come to P&L except big 12 weekend, Gates or Bryants (pick one and argue to the death)

- Scalping In MO is legal.  Private property like inside P&L covered area and on Sprint Center property they may run you off.

-  Tired of standing around between sessions? From Sprint, go south on grand, east on 16th, north on Central, east on 9th, south on Walnut.  Quick walking tour of downtown and can see north crossroads, Kauffman PAC, P&L building, architecture, public art.  2 mile walk.

- Check out B-cycle and take a trip to river market or crossroads stops

- Johnnys has the cheapest good beer.  Don’t stay in Johnnys.  Go buy a beer, go outside.

- Best quickest food options: Zaina, Planet Sub, Jimmy Johns, food trucks, Pizza Bar, Cosentinos, 

- You will have a blast if you never leave P&L, come way before the games start…you will also miss a lot of downtown.  Go explore the neighborhoods:  westside, crossroads, Union station, river market, WWI museum, crown center, quality hill/garment district.

- The guys/gals in yellow jackets are your friends.  They can find you anything.  Also look for host committee shirts.

- CVS at 10th & Main.  If you need it, you’ll be glad you know where it is.

- Clothes shopping:  Bob Jones shoes, Garment District and surrounding shops, Halls in Crown Center.  It’s not 5th Avenue down here.