Star Bond Committee Effort To Lure Away Kansas City Chiefs CONFIRMED

Actually, this was part of the no campaign . . . Kansas City activists wanted to pass the costs along to the Sunflower State.

Meanwhile . . . 

The reality is that playing football in an middle of an empty field or a shopping mall parking lot in Kansas isn't as attractive as politicos and suburbanites contend. 

Still . . . 

The next round in the border war is worth considering . . .

The Kansas Conference Committee on Senate and House Commerce met Monday and is taking up a bill to create a "major professional sports STAR Bond district."

State lawmakers say it would bring no new taxes and they say they'll fund the project 100% with STAR bonds, basically using "tomorrow's revenues" to fund today's project.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'We're serious about this': Kansas committee working to create STAR bond proposal for Chiefs, Royals

Kansas legislators have taken the initial step of attempting to bring the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals across state lines.

Jackson County dropped the ball, so Kansas making last-minute drive to lure Chiefs, Royals * Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA - Kansas House and Senate members worked Monday to consider whether to approve an economic development package designed to attract the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals or professional hockey or basketball franchises to Kansas. The legislation would specifically limit the state's incentives to sports facility projects costing more than $1 billion and the [...]