OLATHE, Kan. — Residents in Kansas City, Kansas, and Olathe got a chance to offer their input Tuesday night on the creation of special districts to help fund a new Chiefs stadium and headquarters.
After roughly two hours of public comment, the Olathe City Council unanimously approved a STAR bond district for the team’s new headquarters and training facility slated for a district near College Boulevard and Ridgeview Road just south of Kansas Highway 10.
The Chiefs sent out a statement about 10 p.m. Tuesday on the action taken by the Olathe City Council.
"We want to thank Mayor John Bacon and the entire Olathe City Council for engaging the community in a public hearing and subsequently approving Ordinance No. 26-06 in support of the STAR bond project for a new Kansas City Chiefs practice facility and team headquarters in Olathe. We also thank the members of the public who took the time to attend and contribute to the public forum. While there is much work still to come, we recognize the level of excitement in Olathe about this project, and that excitement is matched throughout the Chiefs organization. We look forward to building on this partnership."
The Olathe City Council took public comment from a full crowd starting about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday
An overflow crowd gathered starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Unified Government’s Municipal Office Building in downtown KCK to discuss the new stadium district near N. 126th Street and State Avenue.
Residents were given two minutes each to tell commissioners why they support or reject the STAR bond district for the Chiefs.
The KCK hearing wrapped at 7:45 p.m.
Commissioners are expected to vote on the stadium district at a meeting set for Thursday, Feb. 5.
Creating the special districts in each city allows sales tax and other revenues generated within the district to be used to pay off bonds used to fund the $3 billion, fixed-roof domed stadium in KCK and a $300 million team HQ and training facility in Olathe.
The Kansas Legislature will also be required to take additional action during the 2026 Legislative Session to continue advancing the effort.
State officials and the team announced the agreement just before Christmas last year.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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