January 2, 2026 — Kansas leaders announced a deal to move the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas, but uncertainties around what the final deal will be have raised concerns about what it could cost taxpayers down the road. State lawmakers approved the use of STAR bonds to build a new stadium. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector)
When Washington, D.C., agreed to hand over billions in land and tax breaks for a new Commanders football stadium, experts thought it would long remain an outlier in sweetheart deals for sports teams.But just months later, attention turned to Kansas, where officials in December announced plans to fund 60% of a new stadium for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. The state committed to spending...
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