Calling All Adrenaline Junkies: An indoor racetrack venue is making its way to OP 

A multi-level indoor racetrack will soon join a growing string of over-the-top entertainment venues clustered around Interstate 435 in Overland Park and Leawood, making the area an even larger regional draw.

Headed up by racing royalty Mario Andretti, Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is scheduled to open this summer in the Aspiria corporate campus, formerly the global headquarters of Sprint Corporation, on the west side of Nall Avenue at about 116th Street.

Totaling just over 103,000 square feet, the endeavor will bring, in addition to the multi-level go-kart track, a bowling alley, arcade, laser tag area, restaurant, bar and more. So far, the Florida-based Andretti chain has nine locations, including several in Texas, two in Georgia and one each in Arizona and Florida. 

The Fort Worth location’s website promotes its 7D Xperience ride, described as a “3D interactive movie experience with amazing special effects,” as well as professional racing simulators. 

Andretti joins a critical mass of similar experiential-themed outlets within a short distance.

Across Nall is another global headquarters—that of AMC Theatres and its AMC Town Center 20 cinema, with several premium seating and viewing options. About a block north of the multiplex is Breakout KC Escape Room in the Park Place shopping center. A five-minute drive to the north, over the interstate, brings you to the 85,000-square-foot Top Golf and its indoor putting and driving bays. Also close by is iFLY Indoor Skydiving on Metcalf Avenue. If you’re more in the mood for pickleball, axe throwing or just hanging at Dave & Buster’s, those can all be found just a short drive south at 135th Street.

But none of them bear the name of Andretti, an Automotive Hall of Famer with a Formula One World Championship, Daytona 500 and Indy 500 wins, and a “Driver of the Century” pronouncement by the Associated Press in 2000. Now in his 80s, Andretti is part of the new Cadillac F1 team, for which he will serve as a director through a partnership with Andretti Global, a racing team headed by his son, Michael.

For the Aspiria campus, it’s a continued reinvention of the 20-building campus, which still houses offices for T-Mobile Corporation, the telecom giant that purchased Sprint in 2018. Owned by Wichita-based Occidental Management since 2019, the landlord plans additional projects for Aspiria’s undeveloped 60 acres, including more than 500,000 square feet of offices, 268,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and 430 apartments.

New development is apparently the way to go in the area’s tight retail market. The retail vacancy rate at the end of 2024’s third quarter came in at three percent in north Johnson County, down from four percent during the same period a year ago, further proving that people are willing to get out and shop.  Andretti Indoor Karting & Games.

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