Like the one in the Nati, I'll check this Asian event out if I'm in Cowtown too

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Wichita’s first Asian Night Market so unexpectedly crowded, it’s moved to baseball stadium


Wichita’s first Asian Night Market was put on last May in downtown Wichita’s Naftzger Park, and its organizers were hoping that 3,000 people — maybe 5,000 if they were lucky — would show up to check it out.

Instead, the event was overwhelmed with 10,000 people who stood shoulder-to-shoulder in long, chaotic lines waiting to order food.

“It was probably one of the larger events the park has ever seen,” said Taben Azad, a member of both of the groups who put the event on: the Wichita Asian Association and the National Association of Asian American Professionals.

The two groups were pleasantly surprised by the interest in the event, which was inspired by popular nighttime bazaars regularly put on in Asian countries like China and Thailand as well as in big cities across the United States. They decided to do it again, but this year, they’re moving the event to a much larger venue.