The Kansas City Chiefs Are Heading to Kansas!

The Kansas City Chiefs announced that they will leave the state of Missouri and move to Kansas to play in a state-of-the-arts venue/dome stadium.
Chiefs agree to deal to play in dome in state of Kansas in 2031 - ESPN

The Chiefs should stay in Kansas City, MO. The voters in KC had a chance to keep their team, but they blew it by voting down a referendum to help fund for renovations of Arrowhead Stadium. So, of course, you will expect them to whine and demand that their team stays in Missouri. :roll_eyes:

Sports extortion.

Time to end sports.

The extortion failed so they’re taking their ball and going home. :rofl:

So, If the new stadium is not built in Kansas City, Kansas, will they be known simply as the Kansas Chiefs?

They’ll be moving to Kansas City, Kansas. Just over the river.

On one level I don’t care much about this issue. Towns and municipalities and states and sports teams can do what they think is in their best interests.

On the other hand, I’m not a fan of governments propping up sports teams. It rarely works out in a financially positive way for the area or the government funding it.

In this case, voters spoke, and governments reacted and the Chiefs leveraged those reactions to their advantage. In the end, it’s the residents/voters of the respective areas that chose this outcome.

It’ll be next to the Speedway and Legends like everything else.

The inner loop of I-435 is being abandoned.

But is the location that the Chiefs want for the new stadium inside the city?