{"id":505369,"date":"2026-01-04T18:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/505369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:10:17","slug":"kansas-city-mayor-confirms-decision-on-arrowhead-stadium-demolition-after-chiefs-4billion-relocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/505369\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City mayor confirms decision on Arrowhead Stadium demolition after Chiefs’ $4billion relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Kansas City Chiefs leaving the Truman Sports Complex and the Royals presumably not far behind, the city faces being left with two empty shells in a huge parking lot.<\/p>\n

Arrowhead Stadium and nearby Kauffman Stadium have shared five decades of memories, but the Chiefs have already confirmed a $4 billion escape<\/a> across state lines into Kansas.<\/p>\n

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Travis Kelce may have entered the field at Arrowhead for the final timeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Royals are also expected to announce a relocation<\/a> with multiple sites being considered.<\/p>\n

Officials will then be left with a major decision to make over the future of what will become a concrete wasteland without the former world champion franchises.<\/p>\n

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County Legislator Manny Abarca sent a letter to the Jackson County Executive asking for the Chiefs’ sales tax to be put aside over the remaining five years of the lease.<\/p>\n

That could net $137 million for a demolition and redevelopment fund.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Jackson County taxpayers deserve not to have a two-stadium empty lot,\u201d Abarca told FOX4.<\/p>\n

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has another vision.<\/p>\n

He thinks Kaufmann Stadium will be torn down, but wants to keep the iconic Arrowhead as a sports and entertainment venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do still have active bids for the Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> and World Cup Rugby 2031 and 2033 using Arrowhead Stadium by the way as the location for both,\u201d he said via Fox4.<\/p>\n

Arrowhead has hosted Michael Jackson in the past, but would need investment in the surrounding area to compete with the Chiefs’ new home and other venues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have conversations very soon with folks that can work with us on what do you for entertainment purposes in that area,\u201d Lucas added.<\/p>\n

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Arrowhead is the loudest outdoor sports stadium in the worldCredit: Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Royals are looking for a modern home to maximize earning potentialCredit: GettyDemolishing Arrowhead will cost a fortune<\/p>\n

Missouri House majority leader Jonathan Patterson told KCMO that whatever is decided will come with a hefty bill.<\/p>\n

The 76,000-seat venue needs around $20 million a year to maintain and demolition would cost an estimated $150 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had one of the components, the county executive, really working against the process and doing things that had nothing to do with keeping the teams,\u201d\u00a0Patterson said\u00a0on Radio 95.7FM & 710 AM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he was talking about a community benefits agreement, if you recall. Well, now there will be an empty stadium, five thousand jobs gone, overtime for\u00a0police\u00a0gone.<\/p>\n

“And now the county will be on the hook for either twenty million dollars of maintenance or one hundred and fifty million dollars to demolish the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unbelievable what it costs to demolish those things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Ben Peters — the Missouri House of Representatives’ director of communications told Front Office Sports that the NFL<\/a> franchise could be expected to foot some of the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be interesting to see what steps are taken going forward,\u201d\u00a0he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext week, Missouri starts its legislative session here in Jefferson City, and there\u2019s a pretty good chance that someone will be filing legislation that would put departing teams on the hook for demolition costs in some fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arrowhead fans weren’t treated to the usual fireworks this season and the Chiefs’ season will end before the postseason in a Week 18 dead rubber against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n

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Kelce — a huge fan of the iconic stadium — may have run out there for the final time in a Christmas Day loss to the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n

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