Photo: Getty Images
The Kansas City Chiefs have reportedly informed administrative officials that they plan to officially announce a move from Missouri to Kansas on Monday, (December 22), sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Kansas City Star.
Top Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Topeka will reportedly discuss the status of a potential massive subsidy deal during a Legislative Coordinating Council meeting. The reported meeting will take place hours after Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced a planned "special announcement" with local lawmakers and 18 months after Kelly signed a bill into law authorizing the state to pay for up to 70% of new stadium costs with the development generating future sales tax revenue.
The Chiefs have eyed a potential move from Missouri to Kansas for several years, with owner Clark Hunt previously acknowledging the possibility of a new stadium in 2021 after the Kansas City Royals publicly confirmed plans to pursue a new Major League Baseball stadium in downtown Kansas City.
"Obviously, things change, and the way fans want to consume the game and the kind of spaces that you need, those things change over time and we're paying attention to that," Hunt said at the time, via FOX Kansas City (h/t CBS Sports). "We've had beautiful stadiums open now in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and there will be things when we get to the end of our lease here in nine or so years that I'm sure we'll want to incorporate into the stadium. One possibility will be another renovation of Arrowhead."
Arrowhead is the NFL's third-oldest stadium behind only the Chicago Bears' Soldier Field and the Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field.