KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals today announced their 2027 regular season home game times. The regular season schedule was released in July. All home game times listed are in Central Time and are subject to change.
Opening Day is scheduled for 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 25 at Kauffman Stadium vs. the Minnesota Twins, which will mark the earliest Opening Day in franchise history. Following an off day on Friday, March 26, the Royals will continue the 3-game series vs. the Twins on Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28, both of which will be 1:10 p.m. starts.
The Royals will host 32 weeknight games, all of which will start at 6:40 p.m. Kansas City will have 11 Friday night home games at Kauffman Stadium in 2027. Those contests will begin at 6:40 p.m. in April, May and September, while they will start at 7:10 p.m. in June and July. There are no Friday night home games in August.
There will be 13 Saturday home games, including 3 that will begin at 1:10 p.m., 3 that will start at 3:10 p.m., 6 that will begin at 6:10 p.m. and 1 game—Saturday, July 3 vs. the Detroit Tigers—will start at 7:10 p.m. The Royals will host 13 Sunday games, all of which will commence at 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City will have 11 weekday afternoon games at Kauffman Stadium, including 10 games scheduled for a 1:10 p.m. start. The only exception is Opening Day on March 25 (3:10 p.m.).
Following the Field of Dreams Game on Thursday, Aug. 12 vs. the Boston Red Sox in Dyersville, Iowa, the Royals will have an off day on Friday, Aug. 13 before hosting the final 2 games of the series vs. the Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 14 and Sunday, Aug. 15, with start times scheduled for 6:10 p.m. and 1:10 p.m., respectively.
The breakdown of home game times is as follows:
• 1:10 p.m.: 26 games
• 3:10 p.m.: 4 games
• 6:10 p.m.: 6 games
• 6:40 p.m.: 38 games