Kansas Legislators Begin Review of Important Sports Stadium Authority Bill

Bill introduced would establish Kansas sports authority to oversee Chiefs stadium, similar projects

A bill introduced Friday in the Kansas Legislature could be key to the Chiefs stadium project’s next steps.

Kansas House introduces bill creating sports authority needed to complete Chiefs stadium deal

The Kansas Legislature is beginning work on a bill creating a state sports authority to own the Wyandotte County stadium built for use by the Kansas City Chiefs. Private ownership is necessary to prevent bonds issued for the project to be subject to federal income tax. In this image from December, from left, House Speaker Dan Hawkins, Gov. Laura Kelly, Chiefs Owner Clark Hunt and Senate President Ty Masterson. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Refl…

Kansas bill would create sports authority to oversee Chiefs stadium, facilities

To bring the Chiefs to Kansas, the State and team are looking to have this be a publicly owned stadium in KCK and other facilities in Olathe.

Kansas legislators begin review of important sports stadium authority bill

Kansas legislators began their review Friday of a sports stadium authority bill that’s critical to complete the deal to bring the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas.

New stadium sports authority bill introduced in the House

A bill that will create a new sports authority to oversee the new Chiefs stadium and practice facility was introduced Friday and will get a hearing before lawmakers next week as the legislative session moves into its last days. The bill, introduced in the House, creates a nine-member board that will be mostly appointed by the governor and top legislative leaders and sets out details how the authority will work. The authority would oversee the $3…

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