Cash-strapped town may lose NFL and MLB teams...

[posty 2,876]

http://www.kmbc.com/money/18866748/detail.html

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders said he's concerned the Chiefs and Royals could leave Kansas City because of the city's budget proposal.

 

Kansas City has an $85 million budget shortfall that has to be fixed by the end of the month.

 

Thursday, Mayor Mark Funkhouser put forward his plan, which includes eliminating nearly $2 million the city gives each year to the Truman Sports Complex.

 

"This came with no notice to us. We were unaware that this was even going to be an issue," Sanders said in a KMBZ radio interview. "The money would be the violation. But the fact that we would have violated a substantive provision would mean those leases are now gone … We would be on a tightrope or a high wire with no safety net."

 

Sanders said if the city pulls its $2 million annual contribution, it would break the lease and leave the city with no written guarantee keeping the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City for the long term.

 

"The teams would then be, to use the sports phrase, free agents to do whatever they wanted to do. Re-negotiate the deal or to not honor any of the provisions of the lease they did not want to honor," Sanders told KMBC's Martin Augustine.

 

"I don't think it would jeopardize leases," Funkhouser said. "We're trying to focus on services that directly matter to Kansas Citians. For example, our city services, basic services like police. That is a core function. Operating a sports venue is not."

 

Sanders said he believes the issue will eventually be worked out. He called the Royals and Chiefs "good civic partners."

 

A Royals representative said team officials are just learning about the issue, and it's too early to comment.

 

KMBC was unable to get a comment from a Chiefs representative.

[Brad GLuckman 519]

Why is the city giving $2mil per year to a sports complex in the first place?

[NorthernVike 2,121]

cmh suicide watch starts now :popcorn:

[RLLD 4,283]

cmh suicide watch starts now :popcorn:

 

 

[pimptastic69 0]

At least KC will still have a mayor named "Funkhouser".

[dain11279 986]

Ok, so let me get this straight. The Chiefs and Royals are about to become extinct and that's supposed to be a bad thing?

[patweisers44 877]

Who will the Tigers be fighting on a yearly basis for the AL Central Cellar?

[wiffleball 4,800]

Ladies and Gentlemen, YOUR Los Angeles CHIEFS!!!

[craphouse rats 0]

Ladies and Gentlemen, YOUR Los Angeles CHIEFS!!!

 

LA Chiefs rolls of the tongue better. How about the Oklahoma City Royals

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

LA Chiefs rolls of the tongue better. How about the Oklahoma City Royals

 

On behalf of Nashville, let me invite the Royals to make us your new home. I still won't give a crap about baseball, but somebody might.

[GettnHuge 2]

salary cap

salary minimum

full revenue sharing

problem solved

[Nomad99 872]

Ok, so let me get this straight. The Chiefs and Royals are about to become extinct and that's supposed to be a bad thing?

 

 

No room for reason here son

[NorthernVike 2,121]

Ladies and Gentlemen, YOUR Los Angeles CHIEFS!!!

 

 

That sounds a whole lot better than Los Angeles Vikings

[jocstrap 8]

Doesn't Canada want an NFL team?

[pimptastic69 0]

That sounds a whole lot better than Los Angeles Vikings

 

and the Los Angeles Lakers.

[tikigods 77]

Boston Royals - NL team?

[LOD01 199]

The teams can counter with a new stadium proposal. Isn't that how it works?

[patweisers44 877]

Boston Royals - NL team?

a team to hate in the NL too? sweet!

[RicemanX 20]

Mexico City Chiefs!

[cbfalcon 828]

The Royals and Chiefs should just combine teams and have the same group of guys play both sports.

[tikigods 77]

a team to hate in the NL too? sweet!

 

I would love Boston to have an NL team....so all the bandwagoneers will leave Fenway for the cheap seats of the Boston West.

[Big Blue 06 196]

So the Chiefs and Royals may leave KC, but the real question is...

 

would anyone notice?

[BMoney 0]

So the Chiefs and Royals may leave KC, but the real question is...

 

would anyone notice?

 

 

didnt realize the royals were still there til this post....

 

scratch kc off the nhl list..no pheonix coyotes for you....

[gocolts 300]

Bring the Chiefs to Chandler Indiana.