Chiefs offer details on unanswered questions surrounding stadium

There are plenty of questions still unanswered about the Chiefs’ planned move across the state line to Wyandotte County, Kansas. As the organization sorts through the next several months and years, we’ll begin to get answers. In press conferences after the Monday announcement, Chiefs execs shed some light on some of the biggest questions. We know the domed $3 billion stadium will be built in Wyandotte County, but the exact location is still up in the air. Signs point to somewhere around the Legends area just off I-435 and I-70, but Chiefs President Mark Donovan said one location has not been selected. “We have multiple sites in the state of Kansas under control, and we’ll make that decision at a later date,” Donovan said Monday. “That will play into the design process, but we are not definitive on the site yet.”The look of the domed stadium and surrounding entertainment district is still up in the air. You’ve probably seen renderings of what a Chiefs stadium in Kansas could look like. Those renderings are from Manica Architecture.The firm has designed stadiums across the country, and these renderings were floated to Kansas lawmakers back in April of 2024. However, Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said an architect has yet to be selected. “We’re still early in the process,” Hunt said. “In the months ahead, we will hire an architect and a contractor and get to work on the five-plus-year timeline to build a new stadium.”How many fans could this new Chiefs stadium fit?Right now, Arrowhead Stadium can hold more than 73,000 people. Donovan said they’re still not sure how many fans the new stadium will hold, but the range he gave is smaller than Arrowhead. “We have an obligation to build a 65,000-plus stadium,” he said. “I think if you look at the newest stadiums out there, specifically the domed stadiums and even Buffalo, they’re between 62,000 and 68,000, so somewhere in that range.” An added cost to a season ticket package in this new stadium could be a personal seat license, or PSL. PSLs have grown in popularity across the league for years now. It’s a one-time fee you pay when buying a season ticket package. With the PSL, you “own” your seat or seats inside the stadium. This allows fans a chance to purchase their same seats for other events at the stadium, like concerts. PSL prices in NFL stadiums range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on the seat, and the money can go toward paying for a new stadium. Donovan said no decision has been made yet on whether the new stadium will have PSLs. “We’ll get into it later, but there is a lot of value in owning a PSL in the sports world,” Donovan said. “There’s a reason why these PSLs sell in all of these stadiums. If you look at all the new stadiums that are out there, if you look at Buffalo, if you look at Tennessee, they have sold very, very well because there is true value in them.” Another change this new deal with Kansas could bring about is the location of the Chiefs’ training camp.For 15 years, thousands have flocked to St. Joseph, Missouri, to watch the Chiefs players and coaches start their new season. Donovan said the new practice facility in Olathe could bring an end to that. “We will design a training facility that could host training camp,” Donovan said. “Scheduling and things like that come in play, and depending on your head coach, we have one that loves going away, so there will still be options.”Another unanswered question for now — what will the new name of the stadium be?When asked if the Arrowhead name will follow the team across the state line, Donovan said the Chiefs haven’t considered that yet, and it’s another decision to be made later.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. —

There are plenty of questions still unanswered about the Chiefs’ planned move across the state line to Wyandotte County, Kansas.

As the organization sorts through the next several months and years, we’ll begin to get answers. In press conferences after the Monday announcement, Chiefs execs shed some light on some of the biggest questions.

We know the domed $3 billion stadium will be built in Wyandotte County, but the exact location is still up in the air. Signs point to somewhere around the Legends area just off I-435 and I-70, but Chiefs President Mark Donovan said one location has not been selected.

“We have multiple sites in the state of Kansas under control, and we’ll make that decision at a later date,” Donovan said Monday. “That will play into the design process, but we are not definitive on the site yet.”

The look of the domed stadium and surrounding entertainment district is still up in the air.

You’ve probably seen renderings of what a Chiefs stadium in Kansas could look like. Those renderings are from Manica Architecture.

The firm has designed stadiums across the country, and these renderings were floated to Kansas lawmakers back in April of 2024.

However, Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said an architect has yet to be selected.

“We’re still early in the process,” Hunt said. “In the months ahead, we will hire an architect and a contractor and get to work on the five-plus-year timeline to build a new stadium.”

How many fans could this new Chiefs stadium fit?

Right now, Arrowhead Stadium can hold more than 73,000 people.

Donovan said they’re still not sure how many fans the new stadium will hold, but the range he gave is smaller than Arrowhead.

“We have an obligation to build a 65,000-plus stadium,” he said. “I think if you look at the newest stadiums out there, specifically the domed stadiums and even Buffalo, they’re between 62,000 and 68,000, so somewhere in that range.”

An added cost to a season ticket package in this new stadium could be a personal seat license, or PSL.

PSLs have grown in popularity across the league for years now. It’s a one-time fee you pay when buying a season ticket package. With the PSL, you “own” your seat or seats inside the stadium.

This allows fans a chance to purchase their same seats for other events at the stadium, like concerts.

PSL prices in NFL stadiums range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on the seat, and the money can go toward paying for a new stadium.

Donovan said no decision has been made yet on whether the new stadium will have PSLs.

“We’ll get into it later, but there is a lot of value in owning a PSL in the sports world,” Donovan said. “There’s a reason why these PSLs sell in all of these stadiums. If you look at all the new stadiums that are out there, if you look at Buffalo, if you look at Tennessee, they have sold very, very well because there is true value in them.”

Another change this new deal with Kansas could bring about is the location of the Chiefs’ training camp.

For 15 years, thousands have flocked to St. Joseph, Missouri, to watch the Chiefs players and coaches start their new season.

Donovan said the new practice facility in Olathe could bring an end to that.

“We will design a training facility that could host training camp,” Donovan said. “Scheduling and things like that come in play, and depending on your head coach, we have one that loves going away, so there will still be options.”

Another unanswered question for now — what will the new name of the stadium be?

When asked if the Arrowhead name will follow the team across the state line, Donovan said the Chiefs haven’t considered that yet, and it’s another decision to be made later.