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The Kansas City Chiefs won’t have a new stadium until 2031, but we now have a glimpse of what their future home base will look like.
“Today we are excited to show the Chiefs Kingdom a first look at our new home,” Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said in a press release Wednesday. “From the beginning, our goal has been to build something that enhanced the game day experience for every single fan. This new stadium will do just that.
A rendering of the Chiefs’ new stadium. (Photo courtesy of Chiefs and MANICA.)
“It’s spectacular. It honors the rich legacy of this franchise while setting a bold course toward the future of Chiefs Kingdom. While we’re still finalizing many of the details, there are a few things we know for sure: it will hold 70,000 fans, it will still be the best place in the world to tailgate, and the entire building won’t be built.”
Benefits of the new stadium, according to the Chiefs’ press release, include an enclosed stadium roof with translucent ETFE panels and over 20,000 parking spaces for an investment of about $3 billion. The seats and the outside of the dome will be arranged so that the outside of the stadium resembles Arrowhead Stadium, the current home of the Chiefs.
Meanwhile, the new stadium, which is being built in Wyandotte County, Kansas, will have a Lamar Hunt statue (Hunt founded the franchise) in a plaza outside the venue, a Chiefs Hall of Fame twice the size of its current one and a team store roughly four times the size of its current one.
Chiefs appointed MANICA as the lead design architect, HNTB as the architect of record and CAA ICON as the owner’s representative.
“We are proud to name MANICA as our lead design architect and HNTB as the architect of record for this transformational stadium that will come to life over the next five years,” Chiefs President Mark Donovan said in the release. “We are incredibly fortunate that Kansas City is home to world-class sports and entertainment design talent, and that has been on full display throughout this process. David [Manica] and the MANICA team stood out through a rigorous months-long process, honoring and embracing our history while presenting a bold and dynamic vision for the future.
“We look forward to working with both companies to refine these plans and deliver the premier sports and entertainment venue not only in the Midwest, but in the world.”
Arrowhead Stadium hosted several 2026 World Cup games this summer, and the Chiefs have called Arrowhead Stadium home since 1972, which was preceded by nine seasons at Kansas City Municipal Stadium (1963-71) and three seasons at the Cotton Bowl (1960-62) – when the franchise was the Dallas Texans.
The new stadium does not yet have a name.
Here are some more renderings of the Chiefs’ new stadium.
A rendering of the Chiefs’ new stadium. (Photo courtesy of Chiefs and MANICA.)
A rendering of the Chiefs’ new stadium. (Photo courtesy of Chiefs and MANICA.)
A rendering of the Chiefs’ new stadium. (Photo courtesy of Chiefs and MANICA.)
A rendering of the Chiefs’ new stadium. (Photo courtesy of Chiefs and MANICA.)
A rendering of the Chiefs’ new stadium. (Photo courtesy of Chiefs and MANICA.)
