The England World Cup squad is expected to arrive in Prairie Village on Saturday, with enhanced security measures in place around Meadowbrook Park. The team will be staying at The Inn at Meadowbrook, a hotel at the center of the park, throughout the global soccer tournament.

Security Measures

Prairie Village Police have issued a community notice regarding security measures around The Inn at Meadowbrook. No private drones will be allowed to be flown around the park under a Federal Temporary Flight Restriction. The police notice also warned of heavier-than-usual vehicle and pedestrian foot traffic in the area and noted there will be No Parking restrictions along Meadowbrook Parkway and Rosewood Drive around the hotel.

Steel security gates could be seen lining the sidewalk along Meadowbrook Parkway leading up to The Inn, and a stretch of Meadowbrook Parkway just to the east of the hotel’s entrance was completely closed. Prairie Village Police officers and other security personnel could be seen at various checkpoints near the hotel.

Team Arrival

The BBC reports the England squad is expected to arrive in Kansas City on Saturday afternoon and have their first full training day at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday. Local sources have confirmed to the Post that the England team is set to arrive in Prairie Village at some point on Saturday.

A trailer carrying the team’s equipment was stolen upon its arrival in Kansas City ahead of the team, but the equipment has since been recovered and two arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

The Inn is expected to reopen to the public on July 20, according to hotel officials. England will be the fourth and final World Cup team that picked Kansas City as their home base to arrive. Argentina, Algeria, and the Netherlands have all arrived since the start of June.

Original reporting: Johnson County Post (Overland Park) — read the source article.