This venue is interesting in that, other than their benefit performance in 1964 at New York's Paramount, this show had the highest price ticket for any of the Beatles U.S. tours, at $8.50. Interestingly, this same show also had a $2.00 ticket as well, which is one of the lowest admission prices of any Beatles concert (The $1.50 Paramount ticket is the lowest). The back of all but the $2.00 tickets feature Charles O. Finley with a Beatles Wig on! Kansas City was not originally on the schedule for this tour. Mr. Finley, being the prominant and rich owner of the Kansas City Athletics (which he later moved to Oakland), promised his community he'd get the Beatles to perform in his town. So he arranged contact with Brian Epstein shortly before the 17th of Sept. (one of the few days off that the Beatles had on their tour itinerary) and made them "an offer they couldn't refuse". Brian, being the thoughtful manager he was, left the decision to perform or not (regardless of the money) entirely up to the boys. When he posed the question, while holding the phone, they were only half paying attention while playing cards and John quipped quickly back to Eppy "We'll do whatever you want Brian!". Mr. Finley was able to keep his promise and pull off what no one else could ever do during that period - actually talk the Beatles into giving up a day off which they valued so much. Incidently, this "offer they couldn't refuse" was directly responsible for the high ticket prices and reportedly when they didn't all sell at that price right away, he printed up the $2 tickets to help recover his money! The Beatles came to town at 2:00 a.m. in pelting rain with only about 100 people there to greet them. They departed the airplane and descended down the steps-George, Paul, Ringo then John, and into a waiting limousine and whisked them to the Muehlebach Towers. The Beatles stayed on the 18th floor suite, called the Mecca and settled in sometime around 2:45 a.m. Seven bellman wrestled 200 pieces of luggage and room service was ready for their order. Ringo went first and ordered three buckwheat cakes and tea while the others had two orders of bacon and eggs and one grilled cheese sandwich. Additional orders included four orders of coffee, a plate of slice tomatoes, two glasses of milk and a pitcher of orange juice. The Beatles started their usually card game surrounded by more food that was already in the room. A Missouri country ham, apple cider, a mincemeat pie and a watermelon. The night and games dragged on and by 4:30 a.m. more coffee and toast was needed. The song "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey" was added to the standard 12-song setlist. Gate receipts reportedly totaled $150,000, with the Beatles share working out to $4,838 per minute. At that time, it was the highest fee ever paid to a performer for a single performance. Municipal Stadium was demolished in 1976. The Beatles took the stage at 8:44 p.m., brought on by the announcer's simple, "THE BEATLES" and 20,214 joined in a concerted scream as hundreds of flashbulbs lit the park like harsh fireflies. A line of 10 policeman lined the stage and 350 more patrolled the grounds and parking lot. The Beatles opened the show with the song Kansas City/Hey,Hey,Hey,Hey. The show had to be stopped when hundreds of fans rushed the stage. Beatles publicist Derek Taylor asked the crowd to settle down, or the police would have to cancel the show. The Beatles left the stadium at 9:15 p.m. and headed for the airport. The rumpled bed linen used by The Beatles during their one day stay in Kansas City-16 sheets and 8 pillow cases-sold for $750.00. Officials of the Hotel Muehlebach confirmed the transaction between the hotel and a man named Lawrence Einhorn of Chicago. Two businessmen took the sheets The Beatles used during their stay at the hotel, and cut them up into one-inch squares and sold them for $1.00 apiece. They sold them all, netting $159,000.