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Missouri senators propose local sports authorities to keep Chiefs, Royals in state
Summary
Senators Maggie Nirenburn and Curtis Gregory presented competing bills March 31 to a Senate committee that would change sports-complex authority rules and create a Clay County authority modeled on Jackson County; both measures await the committeedecision before reaching the full Missouri Senate.
Senator Maggie Nirenburn of Kansas City presented Senate Bill 710 and Senator Curtis Gregory of Marshall presented Senate Bill 713 to the Missouri Senate Local Government Elections and Pensions Committee on March 31, 2025. Both measures would change how sports-complex authorities are formed and operated; one would establish a sports authority in Clay County modeled after the authority in Jackson County.
The measures were described during committee hearings as part of a broader effort by lawmakers to keep two of Missouri's professional sports teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals, in the state. Neither bill received a final committee vote on March 31; both bills await the panel's final decision before they could be considered by the full Missouri Senate.
Senate Bill 710, sponsored by Senator Maggie Nirenburn of Kansas City, is described in the committee presentation as a proposal that would "modify provisions relating to sports complex authorities." Senate Bill 713, sponsored by Senator Curtis Gregory of Marshall, was presented as a similar proposal. The committee hearing record does not specify additional statutory language, financing provisions, or implementation timelines.
Missouri senators are in the final six weeks of the 2025 regular legislative session, which is scheduled to end on May 16, 2025. Because both measures remain under committee consideration, no formal Senate votes or enactments were recorded at the March 31 hearing.
"Reporting from the State Capitol. I'm Dean Morgan," said Dean Morgan at the close of the report.
