The recent decision to move the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas, with a new stadium set to open in 2031, has drawn its share of praise and criticism. A popular FOX Sports media personality who grew up and launched his career in Missouri weighed in on the team’s plans.
“The thing that makes Kansas City different than Des Moines, Iowa, or Omaha, Nebraska, is that we have the Chiefs and the Royals. That’s it,” Nick Wright said in a recent episode of his What’s Wright podcast. “We’re a two-team, pro sports city. There is a huge economic and civic pride benefit to that, and Kansas City’s not a huge market. So you can’t just dare a team to leave the way L.A. could, or New York could, or Washington, D.C., could. Because they might leave.”
The team’s announcement of its intention to move to Kansas comes after voters in Jackson County, Missouri, rejected a ballot initiative that would have funded stadium deals for the Chiefs and Royals, who currently play at the Truman Sports Complex, in 2024.
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“I think football is a game made to be played in the elements,” said Wright as he views the potential of a dome to take away a home-field advantage and change the way the game is played.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Fox Sports Host criticizes the Kansas City Chiefs’ relocation plans