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McDowell: Why The Chiefs Pursuit to Renovate Arrowhead Has Hit A Snag
We've been talking about this for a few weeks over in the Royals thread. It's been interesting to see how quiet the Chiefs have been while the Royals negotiate for a new stadium, and in the last couple weeks there's more and more smoke that the Chiefs and Royals staying in Jackson County is not a sure thing. Sam McDowell finally wrote about it. It's a very long column so I just picked some highlights. It's a good breakdown of the situation. It sounds like Kansas hasn't made any serious offers but they're the obvious alternative if Jackson County decides to punt, and it sounds like the Royals and Chiefs want answers soon.
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/sp...282553078.html Quote:
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12-01-2023, 05:40 PM | #2 |
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At some point Governor Parsons is going to have to get involved, right?
Losing the Royals would hurt, but losing their second football team to KANSAS? I hope this has all been worth it for Frank White. |
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12-01-2023, 06:46 PM | #3 |
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The folks that are nuts are the ones who keep bashing the Royals about the tax renewal part of their proposal.
I say if Royals leave Jackson County, there will still be a 3/8 cent Jackson sales tax and all of it will be for the Chiefs venue. If Royals are asking for renewal of 3/8th tax and use the money for both teams venues, that would be a better deal for taxpayers, because the tax will be renewed for the Chiefs any way. The site that would include KC Star printing building would be a much better location than the East Village in my opinion. |
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12-01-2023, 07:26 PM | #4 |
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The Star hates the Chiefs. Take anything they say with a grain of salt.
The baseball deal my fall apart when taxpayers have to vote. People are sick of taxes to support loser teams and an owner looking to sell and benefit form a new and unneeded stadium |
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12-01-2023, 07:33 PM | #5 |
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Lol this is an awful excuse to pay for billionaires. As a KCMO resident it would be awesome if both went to KS
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12-01-2023, 07:57 PM | #6 |
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It's all BS.
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12-01-2023, 08:50 PM | #7 |
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As a born Kansan, I too would be very excited to see the Chiefs land in Wyandotte. I’d just be stunned if Missouri let that happen lying down.
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12-01-2023, 09:37 PM | #8 |
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We all bitch about tax payer money being used to build stadiums for teams they don’t own but are owned by multi-billionaires. Why don’t they foot the bill themselves?
Every city. Every state. Every country has to deal with this. So far at the end of the day the taxpayers bitch and moan but they rarely say no. There is enough examples of voters saying no and the team actually leaving town(Raiders/A’s/Colts/St.Louis) to make the threat real. |
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12-01-2023, 09:46 PM | #9 |
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Jackson and Johnson are the two counties that could afford to pay for two stadiums with tax chicanery but I doubt their voter bases would go for it.
Especially Johnson. So that leaves Clay and Wyandotte, right? |
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12-01-2023, 10:50 PM | #10 |
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You simply CAN'T be the governor that loses the ****ing Chiefs.
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12-01-2023, 11:20 PM | #11 |
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Move them to Joplin or Sedalia!
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12-02-2023, 12:04 AM | #12 |
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I don't think Johnson County has ever been in the conversation.
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12-02-2023, 12:29 AM | #13 |
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12-02-2023, 01:13 AM | #14 |
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12-02-2023, 06:19 AM | #15 |
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The extension of the existing tax seems fair enough to exist in the pro sports space
Footing the bill to demolish Kauffman seems kind of shitty but probably negotiable So unless there's something more, and I didn't read the entire article, just the OP, it seems the hang up isn't the burden on tax payers but Jackson County (or White) feeling like they're not getting a big enough piece of the revenue pie from the teams |
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