Chillin' in the Statehouse, Episode 138: All Kansas Wants for Christmas is the Chiefs?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Kansas City Chiefs' potential stadium proposal and its implications for Kansas lawmakers.

The Kansas City Chiefs won't make the NFL playoffs this year, but the football team could make a big decision about the future of its stadium. The Chiefs are expected to propose a deal to a group of top Kansas lawmakers for taxpayer subsidies to help build a new stadium on the Kansas side of the metro. The Royals are not expected to have a proposal.

Topics covered

• Kansas City Chiefs
• NFL playoffs
• stadium proposal
• taxpayer subsidies

Keywords

• Kansas
• football
• Royals
• lawmakers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Chillin' in the Statehouse

Places: Kansas

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