KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 3, regarding approval of an ordinance to participate in a STAR Bond project as part of the Kansas City Chiefs' stadium relocation to the county.
An agenda item posted late Saturday morning indicates the stadium could be located near State Avenue and N. 126th Street in KCK.
The roughly 236 acres of land are owned by State Avenue 240, LLC, according to a Wyandotte County property search.
The agenda states that the UG will pledge the following revenues from within the base revenue area above in gray to support the repayment of the bonds and any bonds issued to refinance them.
- For up to 30 years, all of the UG's city general sales and use tax that is not committed to other uses by election of voters (currently 1 percent) from within the area in gray;
- For up to 30 years, all of the UG's share (currently 93.17 percent) of the Wyandotte County sales tax that is not committed to other uses by election of voters (currently 1 percent) from within the area in gray;
- For up to 30 years, all of the UG’s gross receipts of transient guest taxes imposed up to a rate of eight percent of the UG (currently 7.84 percent), based upon the current tax rate of eight percent less the administrative fee retained by the State (currently 2 percent), with respect to sleeping accommodations in any hotel, motel, or tourist court located within the area in gray.
The proposed ordinance would exclude revenue from the UG's emergency medical services sales tax (.25 percent), its public safety and neighborhood infrastructure tax (.375 percent), and "any other retail sales and compensating use taxes that are committed to other uses by election of voters, any sales taxes generated by existing or future special taxing districts aside from the Proposed UG Portion of District (e.g., community improvement districts or transportation development districts), incremental transient guest tax revenue produced from a levy exceeding eight percent (8.0%), and all revenue produced outside" of the area in gray.
In Johnson County, it was revealed Friday evening that the Olathe City Council is set to hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance next Tuesday to participate in a STAR bond district regarding the Chiefs' headquarters and training facility in the city.
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According to Friday's agenda item, Olathe officials are exploring a 165-acre site at the northwest corner of College Boulevard and Ridgeview Road just south of Kansas Highway 10.
"The project will generate significant new capital investment in Olathe, with the total economic impact to be determined at a later date," city staff wrote in the proposed ordinance.
Late in December 2025, the Chiefs announced they had reached a deal with Kansas leaders to bring the team to the Sunflower State, including a $3 billion, fixed-roof domed stadium in Wyandotte County and the construction of a new training facility and team headquarters in Olathe.
The exact locations for all three facilities remained unknown at the time of the announcement.
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