Lawmakers want the Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas, but a stadium plan fizzled

By JOHN HANNA and DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas lawmakers see a chance to lure Kansas City’s two biggest professional sports teams across the Missouri border. But an effort to help the Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas fizzed. Kansas legislators worried about how it might look to taxpayers. Members of the Republican-controlled Legislature pushed a bill Tuesday that would have allowed Kansas officials to authorize at least $1 billion in bonds to cover the entire cost of building each new stadium. GOP leaders, however, didn’t bring it up for a vote before lawmakers adjourned their annual session early Wednesday.