An Air Force B2 bomber flies over Kauffman Stadium before a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City could be shaped Tuesday when voters in Jackson County, Missouri, decide on the extension of a sales tax to help to pay for a new downtown ballpark and major renovations to Arrowhead Stadium.
“For over 50 years, we have been in partnership with the Kansas City Chiefs and Jackson County. It has been an effective and forward-looking partnership,” said John Sherman, the Kansas City businessman who purchased the Royals from the late David Glass five years ago. “We’re the second-smallest city with both an NFL franchise and a Major League Baseball club, and we want to sustain ourselves as a major league city. We want to make sure these franchises thrive here for another 50 years.
Last fall, the Royals unveiled two locations for their ballpark district, one on the eastern edge of downtown and the other across the Missouri River in Clay County, Missouri. Both were met with tepid fan reaction, though, and the Royals kept pushing back a self-imposed deadline to finalize the location.
Lucas did not endorse the tax initiative until late last week, after the Royals had agreed to the change. The Royals started play at Municipal Stadium in 1969, then moved to Kauffman Stadium in 1973 and extensively renovated the ballpark from 2009-12. Arrowhead Stadium was built alongside Kauffman Stadium and also was renovated at that time.
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