{"id":749099,"date":"2026-02-13T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749099\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:15:15","slug":"travis-kelce-gives-candid-response-on-chiefs-stadium-move-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749099\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce gives candid response on Chiefs stadium move"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> are making major moves regarding Arrowhead Stadium, and Travis Kelce<\/a> has thoughts.<\/p>\n

In December 2025, the Chiefs announced that the organization would relocate to Kansas<\/a> from Missouri by the 2031 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is an extraordinary day in the history of the Kansas City Chiefs,\u201d Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement at the time. \u201cWe are excited to partner with the State of Kansas to bring a world-class stadium to our fans. This project represents another step in our legacy of innovation and our fan-first mentality, which started with my father, Lamar Hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement added, \u201cThe stadium, practice facility, and surrounding development will benefit the entire region, and further elevate Kansas City in the eyes of the country and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

What does Travis Kelce think about the Chiefs’ move?<\/p>\n

Kelce shared his thoughts on the move on his New Heights podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother, Jason Kelce. The Chiefs’ tight end shared that there are some positives to this change despite some backlash from fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe owners get so much more opportunity [by] getting to the outskirts of the city, and it\u2019s hard to argue with those opportunities,\u201d Kelce said on the Feb. 11 episode. \u201cWe\u2019re dealing with it right now in Kansas City.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Not only are fans affected by the change but so are the players, including the three-time Super Bowl champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going over to Kansas, but at the same time, if you look at that deal in terms of an owner? That\u2019s one of the greatest opportunities you could ever get as an owner,\u201d Kelce said on Wednesday. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be unbelievable once it\u2019s finally set in stone, but it is going to be kind of heartbreaking, knowing that the Chiefs are going to move away from Arrowhead and that \u2026 Missouri side of Kansas City. It\u2019s part of the old professional sports. It is a business at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the shift will not occur until at least 2031, the Chiefs tight end still has yet to make a formal decision<\/a> on whether he’ll return for the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs are making major moves regarding Arrowhead Stadium, and Travis Kelce has thoughts. In December…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-749099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116063039295824173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}