Overview
- Kansas’s Legislative Coordinating Council meets Monday in Topeka to consider STAR bonds that could finance up to 70% of a new Chiefs stadium project.
- Gov. Laura Kelly has scheduled a special announcement after the meeting, signaling a potential next step if lawmakers approve the bonding authority.
- The Associated Press reports the plan could support a stadium costing upwards of $2 billion, with the Legends area in Kansas City, Kansas, viewed as a likely site.
- The Kansas Department of Commerce says it is in active talks with the team and is aggressively pursuing the project, while noting no final agreement is in place.
- Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County tout a funding offer north of $1.5 billion to renovate Arrowhead, and county leaders are discussing an April ballot measure to adjust a sales tax for stadium improvements.