Key Points
- The Nike Air Max 1 City Connect "Kansas City Royals" released June 9 for $150.
- Style code IQ2916-100, in White, Vivid Grape, and Soar.
- The design mirrors the Royals' City Connect uniform with a sunset ombre.
- It sold via Dick's Sporting Goods, the Royals Team Store, and select retailers.
MLB's City Connect program has spent a few seasons turning team identity into uniform design; now it is doing the same to the Air Max 1. The Kansas City Royals' edition released June 9 for $150.
The design
The shoe pulls straight from the Royals' City Connect uniform: an ombre gradient that reads as a tribute to Midwest sunsets and the rivers running through the city. A white leather and mesh upper carries blue Swooshes and a crown logo on each heel, while a translucent gradient sole tracks the Vivid Grape and Soar tones of the uniform. The style code is IQ2916-100.
Where it fits
This is part of Nike and MLB's City Connect Air Max 1 series, sold through team-adjacent channels — Dick's Sporting Goods, the Royals Team Store, and select retailers — rather than a standard SNKRS push. It is the same boutique-of-fandom logic behind a release like the Patta Air Max 1: the silhouette as a canvas for an identity its buyers already belong to.
Source: Sneaker Bar Detroit, Nice Kicks
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