The 2023 IMGC will take place in Overland Park, Kansas, a thriving midwestern city.

• Overland Park is located in prosperous Johnson County, the largest county in the state of Kansas, with a population of about 600,000+ residents;

• In 2021, Niche ranked Johnson County No. 2 for Best Counties to Live in America and Overland Park as No. 4 for Best Cities to Live in America;

• Overland Park is regularly ranked by numerous publications among the top cities in which to live, having one of the nation’s best public school systems, park systems and healthiest populations;

• We are fortunate to be part of the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area and all that has to offer.

Tidbits to know about our metro area:

• Johnson County lies within a transition zone where the North American eastern deciduous forests meet the tallgrass prairie. Where else in the country can you travel in a little over an hour from lush green, treed landscape to the vast open areas of the largest remnant of the tallgrass prairie left in the U.S.?

• With 200 officially registered fountains, Kansas City is nicknamed the “City of Fountains”, rivaling only Rome, Italy in number;

• We avidly support our world champion Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs;

• We are home to the famed Country Club Plaza, a distinctive outdoor shopping and entertainment district designed to emulate Seville, Spain;

• We brag about our Kansas City BBQ, which we believe is second to none;

• We enjoy an eclectic local foodie, craft brewery and spirits scene;

• Are home to a burgeoning revival of a once robust, pre-prohibition era grape-growing and wine-making industry;

• While it can’t be measured, we are renowned for our down-to-earth midwestern hospitality.

Places of interest:

• the nation’s only official World War I Museum;

• the nationally acclaimed Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Kemper Contemporary Art Museum;

• the newly renovated Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum;

• the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.