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House amends Senate Bill 80 to allow Chiefs and Royals to relocate to Clay County
Summary
The Missouri House on Tuesday added an amendment to Senate Bill 80 that would permit the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs to move to Clay County. The bill’s sponsor is Sen. Curtis Gregory of Marshall. The Missouri Senate has set the bill aside for further consideration as the session nears its end.
The Missouri House on Tuesday added an amendment to Senate Bill 80 that would allow the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs to relocate to Clay County, lawmakers and meeting remarks show. Senate Bill 80 is sponsored by Sen. Curtis Gregory of Marshall.
Why it matters: The amendment ties into local discussions about stadium location and county-level sports authorities and could affect where two major professional sports franchises locate in Missouri.
During Senate debate, Sen. Barbara Ann Washington of Kansas City highlighted the local history around the region’s stadiums, saying, “Both of these Kansas City area stadiums sit in and have always sat in my community and my district, I thought that we could talk a little bit about the impact of what began as the Truman Sports Complex.” Earlier remarks in the transcript noted the Clay County Sports Authority as “just a small piece of the puzzle” related to the bill.
The transcript records a question about the state’s role in retaining the teams: “What is the state of Missouri going to do to try and keep the Chiefs and the Royals inside of the state of Missouri?” That question appears in the discussion but is not attributed to a named lawmaker in the record.
No formal Senate vote on final passage is recorded in the transcript. The Senate set Senate Bill 80 aside for further consideration; the session is scheduled to end Friday, according to the transcript. Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan.
