It's official: The Kansas City Chiefs are moving from Missouri to Wyandotte County, Kansas

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60% : "Given the continued economic and quality of life benefits within our county, it is no surprise that Johnson County was entrusted with this opportunity."How did Kansas and the Chiefs get here?The Chiefs were given until the end of the year to take advantage of the Kansas tax incentive package.
57% : The proposal, which would need voter approval, consists of reducing the 3/8th-cent sales tax to a 1/4th-cent sales tax for 25 years beginning in 2031.
55% : A site for the stadium was not designated, but it's expected to be built near The Legends, a regional shopping mall and commercial area in the Village West development in Kansas City, Kansas.Decked out in Chiefs red, Gov. Laura Kelly announced the move in Topeka on Monday following a meeting of lawmakers who approved a major tax incentives package for construction of a new stadium.
53% : The extended sales tax would have funded renovations to Arrowhead Stadium and helped build a new stadium for the Royals.Earlier this year, Missouri lawmakers approved an incentive package to cover half of the costs to renovate Arrowhead Stadium and relocate the Royals.And Jackson County leaders last week proposed a new sales tax plan in a last-ditch effort to try to keep the Chiefs in Missouri.
51% : It also includes plans for new team headquarters and training facilities in Olathe in Johnson County, raising the total project cost to $4 billion.The new stadium also would allow the Chiefs to host the Super Bowl and other major sporting events.State officials said 60% of the project will be financed with public funds — through the state’s Sales and Tax Revenue, or STAR, bonds, and a sports-betting revenue fund created to attract a professional sports team to Kansas.
51% : The plan will not create any new taxes and will be funded through sales tax revenue generated by the stadium.Kelly said the deal is a major victory for the state.“Kansas is not a flyover state,” she said.
41% : Supporters have argued STAR bonds are a way of raising capital for developments without burdening taxpayers, while critics have worried that sales tax revenue would go to paying off bonds rather than to the local or state governments.Kansas lawmakers jumped at the chance to land the teams after Jackson County, Missouri, voters rejected a 3/8th-cent sales tax extension in 2024.

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