Preparations continue at Kauffman Stadium for the 83rd All Star Game next week. More than 25-hundred members of the media are expected to cover the game, and Royals officials are scrambling to find a place to put them.

Kansas City police say they, too are busy with preparations. On Thursday, KCPD reported new No Parking signs going up in and around the Country Club Plaza. That’s in anticipation of the All Star Red Carpet parade.

Officials will not begin enforcing the parking ban until 10 p.m. Monday night.

Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the final two players have been selected for the game.

Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish and Cardinals third baseman David Freese are each headed to their first All-Star Game, thanks to a 2012 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Firestone. MLB officials say fans “smashed online voting records” and “put a giant exclamation point on an unprecedented Major League Baseball balloting campaign.”

All-Star FanFest is set to debut at the Kansas City Convention Center. The exhibits cover 450,000 square feet. Included will be interactive displays, autographs from baseball players, merchandise and historical exhibits.

It will take several hours to see it all.