Mayor, Chiefs fans react to NFL franchise's planned move to Kansas

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Missouri suffered another tough break Monday, deepening the state’s history of NFL franchise losses. In January 2016, Rams owner Stan Kroenke received enough votes from fellow owners to move the team from St. Louis to Inglewood, California.

This week, the Kansas City Chiefs announced plans to relocate from Arrowhead Stadium across state lines to a state-of-the-art, fixed-roof facility in Kansas City, Kansas, by 2031. Kansas lawmakers approved a bond package to help cover the cost of the new domed stadium.

The decision came after what Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas described as extensive but ultimately failed funding discussions.

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Mayor Quinton Lucas cheers during the Super Bowl LIV championship parade through downtown Kansas City on Feb. 5, 2020. (Amy Kontras/USA Today Sports)

Lucas reflected on his deeply personal connection to the site where the Chiefs have played home games for more than five decades.

"Years ago, as a kid, my family was homeless for a while and we lived in a motel not too far from the stadium," Lucas said shortly after the team’s announcement. "I knew we struggled, but I believed nothing was cooler than living within a stone's throw of what I thought then and today is the greatest stadium in football.

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"Like a lot of parents in Chiefs Kingdom, my single mother scraped some money together to get me to Arrowhead for my first game — 300-level upper deck for a 30-7 preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills in