SPORTING CLUB is a high-performance entertainment business offering the highest quality experiences through its unique, superior products and world-class facilities. Sporting Club, a Kansas City based and operated company, was founded by five local entrepreneurs. Sporting Club includes the following leaders in the Kansas City business community: the Patterson Family, the Illig Family, Greg Maday, Pat Curran, Robb Heineman and Patrick Mahomes.
In 2006, Sporting Club purchased the Kansas City Wizards professional soccer team from Lamar Hunt and Hunt Sports Group as the first step in building its high-performance entertainment company. Sporting Club has committed more than $200 million to Kansas City soccer and brought the state-of-the-art Children's Mercy Park to Kansas City by way of their diligence.