Kansas City Chiefs will move from Missouri to neighboring Kansas to build new stadium

The Kansas City Chiefs, winners of four Super Bowls and one of the sporting world's most prominent franchises, will leave their longtime home in Missouri and play in Kansas starting in 2031, officials said Monday

The Kansas City Chiefs, winners of four Super Bowls and one of the sporting world's most prominent franchises, will leave their longtime home in Missouri and play in Kansas starting in 2031, officials said Monday.

The Chiefs made the announcement after lawmakers in Kansas approved funding for a new stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, about 23 miles west of the franchise's home of more than a half-century, Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly spiked the football and said the move shows her that Kansas is ready to play on the country's big stage.

“Today we are announcing an agreement to bring our beloved Kansas City Chiefs right here to Kansas," she told reporters in Topeka. "For the rest of the nation, I say take heed. Kansas is not a flyover state. We are a touchdown state.”

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, son of team founder Lamar Hunt, likened the move to his dad's bold move to found the American Football League and then move the franchise to the Midwest.