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Ted Lasso is back on Apple TV, and Ted Lasso is back in Kansas City. He’s not there for long, but he’s there long enough to give the KC Tourism Board the best free advertising money can’t buy.
The Kansas City side ultimately got paid for hosting the filming location for the season four premiere — ain’t Ted Lasso nice? Speaking of Kansas City and sides (I’m not talking about the cheesy corn, pit-smoked baked beans and seasoned fries — yet), it is the Missouri side of the state line that reaped the rewards thanks to a film tax-incentive program the Kansas side does not (yet) have.
In the hit show’s premiere, which released on Wednesday, Ted (played by creator Jason Sudeikis) visited the American Jazz Museum, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Gates Bar-B-Q and other local hot spots. All that those on the Kansas side could do is watch, despite the suburbs over there marking the actual hometown of the Ted Lasso creator and star.
One day ahead of the highly anticipated Ted Lasso return, which also happened to be a local Election Day, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Kansas City, Missouri, mayor Quinton Lucas about the show. He wasn’t on the hot seat in terms of his job, but we got a simmer going when asking about the best barbecue in his constituency.
