Now that the Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt has given the team to his son, they will move within 5 years. 80k tickets a game for 14 years, and they are goin to move
Fuck Clark Hunt.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/11701583.htm
CHIEFS SUDDENLY LOOKING TO L.A.?
Though it had been widely thought that either the Saints or the Vikings would be the team to fill the market vacated by the NFL ten years ago, there's a new team in line to pull up the teepees and roll to Cali.
The Kansas City Chiefs.
Per The Kansas City Star, new Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt recently told a group of politicians that, if renovations to the Truman Sports Complex are not completed, the team could very well vamoose.
The Chiefs are locked in to a lease that expires in 2014, but they would be permitted to am-scray if Jackson County defaults on its obligation to maintain Arrowhead Stadium.
Due to a lack of funding, a default could occur by late 2006.
The locals seem to be taking this seriously, since Clark Hunt is now firmly in control of the former AFL team that his father, Lamar, founded as the Dallas Texans before moving the organization to Kansas City in 1963.
“Clark's taken over, and there's some concern that Clark isn't as committed to Kansas City as Lamar,” said Bryan Pratt, a Missouri legislator.
The younger Hunt has yet to mention Los Angeles as a possible destination, but any team thinking about greener pastures would be nuts not to park in the nation's No. 2 market.
For one thing, the NFL has made clear its intention to put a team back in L.A. And given the growing disparity between high-revenue and low-revenue teams (scroll down for more), what owner wouldn't want to be in position to sell big-dollar luxury suites to hundreds of entertainment types with money to burn?
Another hidden benefit to moving the Chiefs to L.A. is that their membership in the AFC West means that, every year, the Raiders would come back to the town where they still have plenty of fans.
Fuck Clark Hunt.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/11701583.htm
CHIEFS SUDDENLY LOOKING TO L.A.?
Though it had been widely thought that either the Saints or the Vikings would be the team to fill the market vacated by the NFL ten years ago, there's a new team in line to pull up the teepees and roll to Cali.
The Kansas City Chiefs.
Per The Kansas City Star, new Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt recently told a group of politicians that, if renovations to the Truman Sports Complex are not completed, the team could very well vamoose.
The Chiefs are locked in to a lease that expires in 2014, but they would be permitted to am-scray if Jackson County defaults on its obligation to maintain Arrowhead Stadium.
Due to a lack of funding, a default could occur by late 2006.
The locals seem to be taking this seriously, since Clark Hunt is now firmly in control of the former AFL team that his father, Lamar, founded as the Dallas Texans before moving the organization to Kansas City in 1963.
“Clark's taken over, and there's some concern that Clark isn't as committed to Kansas City as Lamar,” said Bryan Pratt, a Missouri legislator.
The younger Hunt has yet to mention Los Angeles as a possible destination, but any team thinking about greener pastures would be nuts not to park in the nation's No. 2 market.
For one thing, the NFL has made clear its intention to put a team back in L.A. And given the growing disparity between high-revenue and low-revenue teams (scroll down for more), what owner wouldn't want to be in position to sell big-dollar luxury suites to hundreds of entertainment types with money to burn?
Another hidden benefit to moving the Chiefs to L.A. is that their membership in the AFC West means that, every year, the Raiders would come back to the town where they still have plenty of fans.