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Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., tore into Kansas City Chiefs team owner Clark Hunt after the organization announced plans to relocate by the 2031 season.
The Chiefs plan to build a state-of-the-art stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, with the support of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
“Clark Hunt: America’s greatest welfare king. Billions of taxpayer money go to this billionaire, while workers suffer. This is simply a shame,” he wrote on X.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, right, and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly pose for a photo during an event announcing that the team will leave Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, for a new stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and will be ready for the start of the 2031 season, during an event Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Boyle’s problem apparently revolves around the Chiefs’ relocation plan.
Kansas outbid Missouri, and the old state’s Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) bonds will cover up to 70 percent of the cost of the new stadium. Missouri approved a plan last summer that would pay up to half the cost of new stadiums not only for the Chiefs, but also for MLB’s Kansas City Royals.
Voters in Jackson County, the jurisdiction that owns the Truman Sports Complex in Missouri, blocked the extension of a 3/8-cent sales tax, which would have funded improvements to Arrowhead Stadium while helping finance a new Royals stadium. As such, both franchises were forced to look at other options and the Chiefs made an important decision. Additionally, it motivated Kansas lawmakers to act.
Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., speaks during the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Arena on July 25, 2016. (Robert Deutsch Network/USA TODAY)
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“The benefits for the entire region will be monumental,” Hunt said in his statement. “A stadium of this caliber will put Kansas City in contention for Super Bowls, Final Fours and other world-class events. A brand-new practice facility and headquarters will allow the Chiefs to continue attracting top talent. And the vision for a new mixed-use district will rival that of any sports development anywhere in the country.”
To expand on Hunt’s statement above, a domed stadium makes the Chiefs’ new home not only a possible Super Bowl destination, but could also host many other sporting and cultural events in the future.
Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously to allow the state to cover 60 percent of the cost of the new stadium, a new practice facility and retail and entertainment space. The bonds will be repaid through state sales and alcohol tax revenues in a defined area around them.
Hunt and his family are worth $1.6 billion, according to Forbes.
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, center right, speaks to the media during an event Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Topeka, Kan., after announcing the team will leave Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., for a new stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri border and will be ready for the start of the 2031 season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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This won’t be the first time the team has moved. The Chiefs were originally the Dallas Texans and they won the American Football League championship before moving to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1963. The team played at Kansas City Municipal Stadium.
