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With Chiefs stadium, Kansas joins states offering ever more taxpayer money to billionaires
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (1303+ words) When Washington, D.C., agreed to hand over billions in land and tax breaks for a new Commanders football stadium, experts thought it would long remain an outlier in sweetheart deals for sports teams. But just months later, attention turned to Kansas,…...
New Sporting Kansas City head coach Raphael Wicky shares his plans for the team | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (234+ words) Raphael Wicky was announced earlier this week as the next head coach of Sporting Kansas City. He has previously coached teams like BSC Young Boys in Switzerland and the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. He told KCUR's Up To…...
The Chiefs face big questions after a surprisingly bad season
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (144+ words) The Chiefs face big questions after a surprisingly bad season'KCUR The Chiefs face big questions after a surprisingly bad season What's next for the Kansas City Chiefs after the team's worst season since 2012? We'll hear what could be in store…...
What are the STAR Bonds that Kansas is giving to the Chiefs?
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (175+ words) What are the STAR Bonds that Kansas is giving to the Chiefs?KCUR What are the STAR Bonds that Kansas is giving to the Chiefs? The state of Kansas is luring the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line with…...
Kansas City, Kansas, mayor says Chiefs' move not a done deal. Residents worry about cost
1+ week, 6+ day ago (658+ words) Despite the deluge of headlines reporting that the Kansas City Chiefs are moving to Kansas, new Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Christal Watson told residents that no final decisions have been made or agreements signed. Watson said in a December 26 Facebook…...
Some Kansas City residents are upset by the Chiefs' planned move. For others, 'it'll still be home'
2+ week, 6+ day ago (795+ words) The news on Monday that the Kansas City Chiefs are moving across the state line drew excitement from Kansas public officials and disappointment from Missouri's. But what about the more than 2 million people who call the Kansas City metro home?...
Businesses around Arrowhead Stadium fear losing what Kansas seeks to gain with Chiefs move
2+ week, 6+ day ago (353+ words) The Kansas City Chiefs will move to Wyandotte County, Kansas, where they will build a $3 billion stadium, headquarters and training facility. Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson are part of the Legislative Coordinating Council, which…...
It's official: The Kansas City Chiefs are moving from Missouri to Wyandotte County, Kansas
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (705+ words) The Kansas City Chiefs are moving to Kansas. Under a deal struck by the team's owners and Kansas political leaders, the Chiefs will build a new stadium in Wyandotte County. A site for the stadium was not designated, but it's…...
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas defends Missouri bid for Chiefs ahead of Kansas announcement
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (190+ words) Today could be the day that the Chiefs reveal their team's future. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is set to make a "special announcement" after a meeting of key legislative leaders in Kansas later this afternoon regarding a proposal between the…...
Kansas lawmakers approve major tax package to draw Kansas City Chiefs across state line
3+ week, 1+ day ago (300+ words) A group of key Kansas lawmakers has approved a major tax incentives package for the Kansas City Chiefs to relocate across the state line. The unanimous vote by the Legislative Coordinating Council comes ahead of an expected announcement by Kansas…...