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Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., ripped Kansas City Chiefs team owner Clark Hunt after the organization announced it plans to relocate before 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: the biggest welfare kingpin in America. Billions of taxpayer dollars go to this billionaire while working people suffer. Just a disgrace,” he wrote on X.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, right, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly pose for a photo during an event announcing the team’s departure from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. for a new stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and ready for the start of the 2031 season, during an event Monday, Dec. 20, in Kanas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Boyle’s problem apparently revolves around the plan for the Chiefs’ move.
Kansas is outbidding Missouri, and the former state’s STAR (Sales Tax and Revenue) bonds will cover up to 70% of the cost of the new stadium. Missouri approved a plan last summer that would pay up to half the cost of the new stadiums for not only the Chiefs, but also MLB’s Kansas City Royals.
Voters in Jackson County, the jurisdiction that owns the Truman Sports Complex in Missouri, blocked an extension of a 3/8-cent sales tax that would have funded improvements to Arrowhead Stadium while helping fund a new Royals stadium. As such, both franchises were forced to look at other options, and the Chiefs made a big decision. Moreover, 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/USA TODAY NETWORK)
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“The benefit to the entire region will be monumental,” Hunt said in his announcement. “A stadium of this caliber will put Kansas City in the running for Super Bowls, Final Fours and other world-class events. A brand new practice facility and headquarters will allow the Chiefs to continue to attract top talent. And the vision for a new mixed-use district will rival any sports-anchored development anywhere in the country.”
Furthering Hunt’s statement above, a domed stadium makes the new Chiefs home not just a possible Super Bowl destination, but will also host many other sporting and cultural events in the future.
Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously to allow the state to cover 60% of the cost of the new stadium, a new practice facility and a retail and entertainment district. The bonds will be paid off with state sales and liquor tax revenue in a defined area around it.
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, Kansas, after 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 be ready for the start of the 2031 season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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It won’t be the first time the team moves. Originally the Dallas Texans, the Chiefs won the American Football League championship before moving to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1963. The team played at Kansas City Municipal Stadium.
