Chiefs Plan to Leave Arrowhead Stadium, Move to $3B Domed Stadium in Kansas

The 2025 season has been a year of transition for the Kansas City Chiefs, and another major change is coming to the franchise.

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt announced on Monday that the team will be relocating from Missouri to Kansas starting in 2031, marking the first time it will leave Arrowhead Stadium since 1972. Sam McDowell, Matthew Kelly and Kacen Bayless of The Kansas City Star reported that the team's lease for the stadium expires after the 2030 season.

McDowell, Kelly and Bayless explained that this move was initiated in April 2024, when Jackson County, Missouri, voters rejected a 40-year extension of a local sales tax that would have funded major renovations at Arrowhead Stadium, as well as a new stadium for the Kansas City Royals. Kansas officials reportedly "seized on the opportunity to make their own pitch," which included funding the development through its Sales Tax and Revenue, or STAR, bonds program.

Hunt stated in the release that the move to Kansas will include the development of a state-of-the-art domed stadium and mixed-use district in Wyandotte County, and a best-in-class training facility, team headquarters and mixed-use district in Olathe, and will total "a minimum of $4 billion."

ESPN notes that the stadium itself is expected to cost $3 billion.

Kansas City has been home to the NFL's most recent dynasty, as the Chiefs have won three Super Bowl titles since 2019. At 6-9, the team has already been eliminated from playoff contention this season, marking the first time it will miss the postseason since 2014.

The morale in Kansas City was also low after star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending torn ACL in a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. It's Mahomes' first long-term injury of his already iconic career.

Moving from Missouri to Kansas will be yet another new situation for Chiefs fans to get used to, and some are likely to take it hard. McDowell, Kelly and Bayless noted that the move is expected to "send shockwaves" across the state of Missouri, so fans will likely be anxious to see what happens next.