The Kansas City Chiefs have had off-field troubles this summer, and they have recently received a significant boost in their efforts to remain in Missouri.
Team President Mark Donovan supported a campaign for a sales tax extension that would allow Jackson County citizens to afford the critical stadium repairs required to bring Arrowhead into the contemporary century.
Clark Hunt sought government money to fund the project, but the residents rejected the idea and voted against it.
As a result, the franchise has decided to explore other options and has received preliminary approval that a state move is in the works.
Kansas City Chiefs handed encouragement that the team could find a new home in Kansas
The Kansas House approved the STAR Bond proposal, which will bankroll the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals’ joint transfer across state lines.
Finally, the bill’s passage gave the Chiefs the ultimate leverage to tell Missouri, “Look, we have another state willing to fund our dream.”
As a result, Clark Hunt and his executives can now return to the bargaining table with the state to secure a deal that will allow them to continue in Missouri.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk has chastised the owner for seeking tax breaks for stadium plans and urged him to’sell the franchise’.
Mike Florio believes the state says ‘Pay for your own damn stadium’
Following the passage of the STAR Bond through the first stage of the legislative process, the NFL expert has shed light on why Missouri has no motivation to share its finances.
“It’s very fair and appropriate, and not uncommon for the state to say to NFL owners, ‘Pay for your own damn stadium’,” he said on NBC’s NFL Sunday.
Furthermore, from the state’s perspective, he declared: “You do not need our money; we do, and we have citizens who do. They derive nothing from the fact that we have a football stadium.”
Missouri wants to use its money for its citizens and not an NFL team
Florio claims that in an era of economic instability, the state has no need to help fund a multibillion-dollar owner’s fantasy.
However, the state is in an awkward scenario in which they refuse to allow the tax extension but another state, Kansas, is happy to cooperate.
The NFL has a notorious history of stadium owners transferring them throughout the United States for financial reasons.
The Chiefs only have to look back to 2020, when their AFC West foe, the Oakland Raiders, relocated to Las Vegas.
