The Kansas City Chiefs — who have made Kansas City, Missouri, their home since 1963 — are officially building a new stadium and going across state lines to Kansas City, Kansas.

While the transition won’t happen for at least five more years, many Chiefs fans have expressed a variety of opinions on the matter, ranging from outrage to sadness to disappointment.

Chiefs fans have a right to be upset by this change.

The Hunt family has owned the Chiefs franchise since its foundation as the Dallas Texans in 1960. Without regard to Missouri or Kansas taxpayers, or Chiefs fans living in Missouri, the stadium and team relocation is only beneficial for the Hunts, and it all comes down to money.

The state of Kansas simply offered the team a better deal. Kansas offered to pay for 70% of the new stadium’s construction, while Missouri only offered to pay about half of the cost to renovate the existing Arrowhead Stadium, according to NPR in Kansas City. Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said it is his preference to upgrade Arrowhead Stadium, according to ESPN; but it seems this deal was too good for him to pass up financially.

The new Kansas-located stadium will cost over $3 billion, and it will include a modern look and retractable dome roof that allow for play during all types of weather. Some say this could make it a candidate for holding the Super Bowl.

However, it will house less than 10,000 seats as Arrowhead Stadium. This does not make it an ideal host for the Super Bowl — or any game, really. Fans from all over the world will have a harder time claiming tickets. The team might even consider offering Personal Seat Licenses to those who contribute the heftiest donations to the new stadium’s construction — this would certainly line the Hunts’ pockets.

Even if the domed roof brings in more people who don’t want to bear the Midwest’s harsh weather, it still means the Hunts get richer.

The renovation at Arrowhead Stadium would have meant a 3-8-cent sales tax increase for Jackson County, Missouri, residents for 40 years. The relocation may cost Kansas taxpayers even more — over $6 billion of taxpayer money will be given to the Chiefs throughout their 30-year stay in the state, according to The Kansas City Star. It seems Hunt only chose the state who would force its people to give him more money.

For all the Missouri Chiefs fans who are upset about their home states’ official team leaving, there are some ways to possibly change the Hunts’ minds and provide support to “the show-me state.”

Voicing your feelings toward Hunt and the local and state officials who made this happen is one way to get your point across. Don’t resort to verbal insults or threats of physical violence — focus on emotional appeals such as nostalgia and the loss of history and tradition with the move.

It’s also important to vote and support legislation that might sway circumstances in your favor. Jackson County, Missouri, residents voted no to the 3-8-cent sales tax for the Chiefs. Perhaps if it were passed, the team wouldn’t be going anywhere, and Arrowhead Stadium would be getting its remodel after all.

While the Chiefs relocation is not ideal, and the disgruntled reactions are completely valid, you can’t let this change consume you. This isn’t the first time the Chiefs have relocated since its founding, and it might not be the last. We have to learn what causes change, and then we have to know how to protest it or accept it gracefully.