Chiefs owner: Leaving Arrowhead is an option after rejected sales tax
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs plan to explore options that include leaving Arrowhead Stadium after voters in Jackson County, Missouri, soundly rejected a sales tax initiative that would have helped to pay for renovations to the 52-year-old building.
The Chiefs and Royals, whose Kauffman Stadium shares the Truman Sports Complex with the football stadium, have relied on a three-eighths cent sales tax for upkeep. The franchises wanted to extend that tax with the Royals using their share of the money for a new downtown ballpark and the Chiefs envisioning an $800 million renovation of Arrowhead.
More than 58% of voters rejected the sales tax initiative after the campaign was met with criticism from all sides.
“Time is short for us at this point and so we need to see what other options are out there for us,″ Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said Saturday. “When we started on this process three years ago, it felt like we had a very long time — a long runway with about 9 1/2 (years) left on our lease. We’re now down to 6 1/2 and so I do feel very much of a sense of urgency.”
Related articles
Ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse has been refloated
BALTIMORE (AP) — The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key2024-05-21Xi Focus: Xi Calls on Jiangxi to Write Its Chapter in Chinese Modernization
Contact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom2024-05-21Industrial chain sharpens China's edge
Imported cars are unloaded at the Tianjin Port in September. TONG YU/CHINA NEWS SERVICEComprehensive2024-05-21Images: 2023 World Internet of Things Exposition
People visit the 2023 World Internet of Things (IoT) Exposition in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu provin2024-05-21- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s first walk-off hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers was also his first2024-05-21
More efforts needed to boost homegrown jet
It is necessary to enhance operational efficiency and raise the core competitiveness of the C919, Ch2024-05-21
atest comment