Kansas City, Missouri

====Hyatt Regency walkway collapse====
The [[Hyatt Regency walkway collapse]] was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 others during a [[tea dance]] in the 45-story [[Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center|Hyatt Regency hotel]] in [[Crown Center]]. It is the deadliest structural collapse in US history other than the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interestingengineering.com/understanding-hyatt-regency-walkway-collapse|title=Understanding the Tragic Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse|date=July 4, 2017|website=interestingengineering.com|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=February 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227121238/https://interestingengineering.com/understanding-hyatt-regency-walkway-collapse|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 a memorial called the Skywalk Memorial Plaza was built for the families of the victims of the disaster, across the street from the hotel which is now a Sheraton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcur.org/community/2015-11-12/three-decades-on-a-memorial-for-the-victims-of-the-hyatt-disaster|title=Three Decades On, A Memorial For The Victims Of The Hyatt Disaster|date=November 12, 2015|website=KCUR 89.3 – NPR in Kansas City.|access-date=April 19, 2020|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505031302/https://www.kcur.org/community/2015-11-12/three-decades-on-a-memorial-for-the-victims-of-the-hyatt-disaster|url-status=live}}</ref>