Chiefs' relocation plan attracts rebuke from Dem congressman

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Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., ripped Kansas City Chiefs crew proprietor Clark Hunt after the group introduced it plans to relocate by the 2031 season.

The Chiefs plan to build a state-of-the-art stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, with the assist of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.

"Clark Hunt: the largest Welfare King in America. Billions of taxpayer cash going to this billionaire, whereas working folks endure. Only a shame," he wrote on X.

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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt, proper, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, pose for a photograph throughout an occasion saying the crew will depart Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. for a brand new stadium that can be constructed throughout the Kansas-Missouri state line and be prepared for the beginning of the 2031 season, throughout an occasion Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Picture/Charlie Riedel)

Boyle’s difficulty seemingly revolves across the plan for the Chiefs’ move .

Kansas outbid Missouri, and the previous state’s STAR (Gross sales Tax and Income) bonds can be protecting as much as 70% of the price of the brand new stadium. Missouri did approve a plan this previous summer season that might pay as much as half of the price of the brand new stadiums for not solely the Chiefs, however MLB’s Kansas City Royals as effectively.

Voters in Jackson County, the jurisdiction that owns the Truman Sports activities Complicated in Missouri, blocked an extension of a 3/8-cent gross sales tax, which might’ve funded enhancements to Arrowhead Stadium whereas serving to finance a brand new Royals stadium. As such, each franchises had been pressured to have a look at different choices, and the Chiefs made a giant choice. Moreover, it motivated Kansas lawmakers to behave.

Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., speaks in the course of the 2016 Democratic Nationwide Conference at Wells Fargo Area on July 25, 2016. (Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY NETWORK)

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"The profit to all the area can be monumental," Hunt mentioned in his announcement. "A stadium of this caliber will put Kansas Metropolis within the working for Tremendous Bowls, Ultimate Fours, and different world class occasions. A model new coaching facility and headquarters will permit the Chiefs to proceed to draw prime expertise. And the imaginative and prescient for a brand new mixed-use district will rival that of any sports-anchored growth anyplace within the nation."

To additional Hunt’s assertion above, a domed stadium makes the brand new Chiefs residence not only a doable Tremendous Bowl vacation spot, however would additionally play host to many different sporting and cultural occasions sooner or later.

Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously to permit the state to cowl 60% of the price of the brand new stadium, a brand new coaching facility and a retail and leisure area. The bonds can be paid off with state gross sales and liquor tax revenues in an outlined space round it.

Hunt and his household are price $1.6 billion, based on Forbes.

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt, middle proper, talks to the media throughout an occasion Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Topeka, Kansas, after saying the crew will depart Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, for a brand new stadium that can be constructed throughout the Kansas-Missouri state line and be prepared for the beginning of the 2031 season. (AP Picture/Charlie Riedel)

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It gained’t be the primary time the crew has moved. The Chiefs had been initially the Dallas Texans and so they gained the American Soccer League championship earlier than shifting to Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, in 1963. The crew performed at Kansas Metropolis Municipal Stadium.