Dallas mayor trying to lure the Chiefs to North Texas?

[FloridaMan88]

Doubt Jerry would allow this…

Link: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/lo...0-f2a59741e61a

Welcome home, Dallas Texans!' Dallas mayor chimes in after KC Chiefs stadium vote fails

DALLAS — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson isn't letting go of the idea of a second NFL team in North Texas.

Johnson on Tuesday night posted a link to a story about Missouri voters rejecting the Kansas City Chiefs' proposed stadium renovations. Officials for the Chiefs, who are owned by the prominent Hunt family of Dallas, have suggested the team could explore moving from the Kansas City area, if the deal fell through. It's not clear if that's the case, or if another stadium renovation deal could be proposed.

But Johnson entered the chat.

"Welcome home, Dallas Texans!" Johnson posted on X, followed by a smiling emoji and "#CottonBowl."

Johnson then re-posted radio commentator Mark Davis (not to be confused with the Las Vegas Raiders owner of the same name). Davis, in response to Johnson's original post, had said the mayor "told me some months ago that a second NFL team was on his list of goals."

In a statement to WFAA later Wednesday, Johnson said Dallas could support another NFL team.

“Dallas was named the top sports city in the United States because we play to win," Johnson said. "As I have said previously, our market is big enough, growing enough, and loves football more than enough to support a second NFL team — especially a franchise (and an owner) with deep roots here.”

Two years ago, Johnson said he had talked with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones about a second NFL team coming to North Texas.

"We need an AFC team that plays in southern Dallas," Johnson said at the time.
Jones gave a roundabout response to those discussions, without offering support for Johnson's idea.

"[Johnson] is one of my real friends. He didn't get in Harvard and get that Harvard degree by not being smart," Jones said. "He knows how much the Cowboys can impact positively what we're about in Dallas and knows the worldwide interest. He's got all of that down and that's why that I'm sure looking for votes that he opens everything up with Dallas Cowboys."

While there's been no reported interest in a Chiefs move to Dallas, it would be a reunion. The Chiefs were originally formed as the Dallas Texans, debuting in 1960, the same year as the Cowboys. The Texans played in the American Football League, and the Cowboys played in the National Football League.

The competing franchises shared the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, but the Texans, owned by Lamar Hunt, ultimately decided to move to Kansas City. Hunt had decided Dallas was a one-team town, and the Cowboys were better positioned to have success because of the NFL's new television contract with CBS.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by ThrobProng

Why would Texas be the only state that can give him that? The only states that couldn't give him that are the poorest states, like Mississippi.

That's not the only state that can but I don't think he can get a SoFi/Allegiant in Missouri or Kansas.

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia

That's not the only state that can but I don't think he can get a SoFi/Allegiant in Missouri or Kansas.

I think he could, and he could get a better stadium for less money than the Desert Roomba.

[RedinTexas]

The Cowboys are kings in the state of Texas. The founding of the Texans franchise has done very little to change that. The Texans have a fan base that is pretty much restricted to the area around Houston. That's not to say that it's really small, but in general the people in the state prefer the Cowboys. So, a new franchise a couple hundred miles away from the the Cowboys should have attracted a lot more fans if the proximity to the team was a driving factor, but it didn't. Therefore, I contend that putting a second franchise in Dallas would be a very difficult prospect for that franchise because the people that like football there like the Cowboys and they aren't going to change.

[chiefsfaninky]

Originally Posted by BWillie

There is definitely enough fans who would support it. So many Dallas residents hate Jerry Jones and are still fans cuz where else are they gonna go?

Phil Castillini.,is that you...lol

[Pinchshot]

We really are America's team now.

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by Balto

San Antonio?

Cowboys own the territorial rights. Jerry would never let it happen.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut

Cowboys own the territorial rights. Jerry would never let it happen.

He's only one owner, not much he can do.

[Chiefshrink]

Scaring Kansas City fans to vote yes on the stadium. Is this any more obvious?

[FloridaMan88]

I hear rumors, including even from the Mayor of Dallas.

Don't believe the noise. We are committed to retention of our teams with vastly lower expenses--think needed infrastructure build out--than even an intra-metro move. Both teams will be in KCMO in 2040 and long after.

— Mayor Q (@QuintonLucasKC) April 4, 2024

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia

He's only one owner, not much he can do.

He has kept San Antonio out of the league.

Territorial rights are tricky things. They just can't be overturned.

[ChiefaRoo]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

The Wichita team that WON’T die in a plane crash!

I think I broke this guy.