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Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., criticized Kansas City Chiefs team owner Clark Hunt after the organization announced it plans to move for the 2031 season.
The Chiefs plan to build a state-of-the-art stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, with the support of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
“Clark Hunt: America’s biggest welfare king. Billions of taxpayer money going to this billionaire, while workers suffer. Simply a disgrace,” he wrote on X.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, right, and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly pose for a photo during an event announcing the team will leave Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, for a new stadium to be built along the Kansas-Missouri state line and ready for the start of the 2031 season, during an event Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Boyle’s issue apparently revolves around the Chiefs’ move plan.
Kansas outbid Missouri, and the old state’s STAR (Sales and Revenue Tax) bonds will cover up to 70% of the cost of the new stadium. Missouri approved a plan last summer that would pay up to half the cost of new stadiums not only for the Chiefs, but also for MLB’s Kansas City Royals.
Voters in Jackson County, the jurisdiction that owns the Truman Sports Complex in Missouri, blocked an extension of a 3/8-cent sales tax, which would have funded improvements to Arrowhead Stadium while also helping fund a new Royals stadium. As such, both franchises were forced to look at other options and the Chiefs made a big decision. Additionally, it motivated Kansas legislators to act.
Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., speaks during the 2016 Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Arena on July 25, 2016. (Robert Deutsch/RED USA TODAY)
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“The benefit to the entire region will be monumental,” Hunt said in his announcement. “A stadium of this caliber will put Kansas City in the running for Super Bowls, Final Fours and other world-class events. An entirely new training facility and headquarters will allow the Chiefs to continue attracting top talent. And the vision of a new mixed-use district will rival that of any sports development anywhere in the country.”
To expand on Hunt’s earlier statement, a domed stadium makes the Chiefs’ new home not only a potential Super Bowl destination, but would also host many other sporting and cultural events in the future.
Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously to allow the state to cover 60% of the cost of the new stadium, a new training facility and retail and entertainment space. The bonds will be paid with state revenue from sales and taxes on alcoholic beverages in a defined area around them.
Hunt and his family are worth $1.6 billion, according to Forbes.
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, center right, speaks to the media during an event Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Topeka, Kansas, after announcing the team will leave Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, for a new stadium that will be built along the Kansas-Missouri state line and will be ready for the start of the 2031 season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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It won’t be the first time the team moves. The Chiefs were originally the Dallas Texans and won the American Football League championship before moving to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1963. The team played at Kansas City Municipal Stadium.
