Overview
- The team has issued an RFP to multiple architecture firms for concepts of a 65,000-seat, domed stadium with a retractable grass field near I-435 and I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas.
- Roughly 10 firms are participating, with plans to trim the field to two finalists in a design competition early next year, according to the initial report.
- Officials and reporting emphasize that the RFP is information-gathering and does not constitute a decision to relocate from Arrowhead.
- Owner Clark Hunt said the organization is holding preliminary talks with Jackson County leaders while evaluating both Arrowhead renovations and a potential new metropolitan-area stadium.
- The current Arrowhead lease runs through January 2031, previous local sales-tax funding efforts faced resistance, and the Royals’ separate stadium planning could influence the future of the shared Truman Sports Complex.