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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas' governor signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals away from neighboring Mi souri by helping the teams pay for John Leglue Jersey new stadiums.Gov. Laura Kelly's action came three days after the Republican-led Legislature with bipartisan supermajorities an unusually quick turnaround that signals how urgently Kansas officials consider making the offers.Mi souri officials have argued that discu sions about building new stadiums are still in the early stages. They said construction of a new one typically takes about three years, and pointed out that the lease on the existing complex that includes the teams' side-by-side stadiums doesn't end until January 2031.The measure Kelly signed takes effect July 1 and will allow bonds of a new stadium's cost. The state would have 30 years to pay them off with revenues from sports betting, state Najee Harris Jersey lottery ticket sales, and new sales and alcohol taxes generated in the area around each proposed stadium. ADVERTISEMENT The Kansas-Mi souri border splits the 2.3 million-resident Kansas City area, with about 60% of the people living on the Mi souri side. Kansas officials began working on the legislation after voters on the Mi souri side of the metropolitan area to continue a sales tax used to keep up the existing stadium complex. The Royals outlined a plan in February to build a $2 billion-plus ballpark while the Chiefs were planning an $800 million renovation of their existing home.Attorneys for the teams told Kansas legislators they needed to make decisions about the future soon for new stadiums to be ready on time though the Royals had planned Kenny Pickett Jersey to move into a new downtown ballpark at the start of their 2028 season. Some critics suggested the teams are pitting the two states against each other for the biggest government subsidies po sible. The Chiefs and the Royals are pretty much using us, said state Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Democrat from the Kansas City, Kansas, area who voted against the bill. Supporters of bringing the teams to Kansas warned that if neither state acts quickly enough, one or both teams could leave for another community entirely. Several economists who have studied profe sional sports were skeptical that a move would make financial sense for either a Carlos Davis Jersey team or a new host city, and both the National Football League and Major League Baseball require a supermajority of owners to approve franchise moves. The plan had support from throughout Kansas, including about half of the lawmakers from western Kansas, 200 miles (320 kilometers) away from any new stadium.Kansas lawmakers approved the stadium financing plan during a single-day special se sion Tuesday. Kelly, a Democrat, called the se sion for the Legislature to consider tax cuts after three previous tax plans and legislators adjourned their regular annual se sion May 1. On Friday, she also signed that will save income and property taxpayers a total of over the next three years.Although the financing law doesn't specifically name the Chiefs or Royals, it is limited to stadiums for National Football League and Major League Baseball teams "in any state adjacent to Kansas.Its fairly clearly about Benny Snell Jr. Jersey how you poach, Kansas City, Mi souri, Mayor Quinton Lucas said during a news conference after Kansas lawmakers approved the measure. He added that his city would lay out a good offer to keep both teams in town and that the teams are in an exceptional leverage position. |
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