As the Missouri and Kansas legislatures battle to approve financing plans that could tempt the Chiefs and Royals into resettling somewhere new, both states will rely heavily on public funding.

A group of renegade GOP state lawmakers whose quarrels with party leaders defined years of Missouri legislative inaction appears to be ripping apart over a plan to fund stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals.

The bill includes the Show-Me Sports Investment Act, which aims to help fund renovations to the Kansas City Chiefs' stadium and building a new stadium for the Royals. The bill would allow up to 50% of stadium construction bond costs to be paid back with tax money generated at the stadiums.

Upgrades to Busch Stadium in St. Louis could get hundreds of millions of dollars in state aid under a bill passed by the Missouri Senate.

The Kansas City Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl in 2024, but now the team is being disrespected in major NFL team ranking for 2025.

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