Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles 1 Ameristar Blvd ...

I have in-laws from Philly that straggle out here from time to time and I've become a bit of a tour guide in that time. If you're staying overnight and have a little coin in your pocket you can get a lot done in a couple days out here. There's fine dining, comedy clubs, dance clubs and night life. There's two of everything I can think of out here and they're usually right next to each other so getting to and from them isn't much trouble. Do any or all of the following. This would be the best way to spend two days and a night here without spending all day in the car if you ask me.
Lets say you get into town Saturday mid day. First, head down to Historic Old Westport and have lunch and coffee. Westport is a place best enjoyed in daylight in my opinion so save your night life for stuff to come later on my list here. It's a nice place to spend an afternoon. Try McCoys Public House for lunch and enjoy a reasonably priced meal and a micro brew beer. Don't let West Port suck you in too much because there's more to do.
When the sun goes down head over the hill from Westport to the Plaza. They just turned the lights on this week and it's worth a look. They have horse carriage rides for like $40 and I'm sure your girl will enjoy that. There's fine dining and shopping in the area but it's hardly the cheapest place to do any of that. Definitely the nicest, but not the cheapest for food/drinks/lodging. This might be a better place for ice cream and another cup of coffee and a carriage ride and then head out. If you don't mind paying about $150 for both of you for a full dinner then I like Houstons. Have the prime rib and let her try the fish. Very nice place.
After dinner hit the Power and Light district for a little night life. It's worth the cab ride a few miles north, but all these areas are very close together. They have a huge heated out door area with dancing and a huge projection screen playing whatever big game ect. is on. Every bar theme imaginable is represented somewhere in this multi leveled, conveniently designed, modern strip of bars, clubs, and restaurants. This place is everything from a huge indoooutdoor night club, country bars, sports bars, dance club, and my favorite is the local jazz/blues music. If you're done with the crowd go get a martini at a piano bar like Howl at the Moon. KC actually has a great Jazz scene and you can see some pretty authentic stuff down town if you try.
Call it a night and book a room at a Casino. 10 miles North of the Plaza area is Ameristar Casino. Try your luck for a few hours on the tables and slots and get a reasonably priced hotel room with plenty built in if you're not done with the restaurant/babeedance/music yet. Book early and you wont' have trouble getting a room for $100 or so.
Game day will be eaten up by the game of course. I would recommend you don't sleep on this too much and get going early. Arrowhead is only about 10 miles South of Ameristar but you need to get BBQ first. Odds are as an out of towner you're not going out there with tailgating equipment like portable grills ect so stop at Gates BBQ in Independence (there are multiple locations but this is close to your hotel on 10440 East 40 Highway Independence, MO 64055) They open at 10:00 or so and pick up a slab of ribs and a couple pounds of some spicy sausage or brisket or both for sandwiches and some beans and potato salad. Get your red on and just bring a folding table and a couple of chairs and a football to toss around the parking lot and tune your radio to 101.1 FM for pre-game. About noon should be the gate opening for a 3:25 kick off game and you'll want to be well on your way there by then because traffic gets clogged quick. If you really want to have a good time tailgating just bring a case of beer and start handing out to passer byes who are out for a good time themselves. Don't be shy, you will be welcome with any of them. Head to your seats with an hour to kill so you can tour the stadium a bit. Stop for your beer and popcorn before you get to your seats because the walk around vendors are kind of rare out there as compared to most stadiums. The game is going to take care of itself and should take up most of your afternoon/evening. After the game have a walk about the stadium and enjoy some of the displays in there as well. Traffic out of the stadium is worse than traffic in so 30 minutes spent touring Arrowhead is better spent then 30 minutes trying to get out of the parking lot.
If you're not just done for the day at this point and don't need to be on a plane or whatever, 10 miles west of the stadium is the Crown Center area. Warm up after the game over burgers and sodas at Fritz's Rail Road restaurant where food comes by model train to your table and then go ice skating and visit the mayors Christmas tree after sun down. Shop/eat/drink/music ect. That's about the best 20-30 hours I could dream up for a KC winter and nothing is more then about 15 miles from the last thing so you're not driving all day. Enjoy.