Clark wants Arrowhead opener on national TV

[Hammock Parties]

This would be awesome. I would love to see us play the Raiders in primetime.

http://chiefsblog.kansascity.com/?q=node/1256

Chairman Clark Hunt said at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Fla., that he’s asked the league to put the first regular season game played at the renovated Arrowhead Stadium his fall on national TV.

''The league is aware of our request,'' Hunt said. ''They have a lot of factors to consider. I don’t know whether it will work out but they’re going to try to put us in a slot where the game would be carried nationally to most of the country.''

The league has a few options to feature the Chiefs in a nationally televised game early in the season. Arrowhead would be open for a Monday night game on Sept. 20, the second week of the season, because the Royals play that night in Detroit.

A more likely option for a team with 10 wins over the past three seasons is to match it with a marquee opponent on the opening Sunday afternoon of the season, Sept. 12, which is also available to the Chiefs because the Royals are in Chicago that day.

The Chiefs 2010 home schedule isn’t as attractive as last year’s. The Chiefs play against Arizona, San Francisco, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Buffalo as well as San Diego, Oakland and Denver at Arrowhead Stadium.

Otherwise, the Chiefs could begin the season with two games on the road because the Royals are at home against Cleveland on Sept. 19, the second Sunday of the NFL season. The Chiefs opened with two straight road games as recently as 2007, when they started with contests against the Texans in Houston and Bears in Chicago.

The Chiefs haven’t started a regular season at Arrowhead Stadium since 2006.

Regardless, the Chiefs are finalizing plans to share the renovated stadium with fans.

''We’ll have a series of grand openings for the new Arrowhead,'' Hunt said. ''We’ll have the first preseason game, which will be the first football game in the building. We’re talking about the possibility of having a concert which would lead into the season, not in conjunction with a game but as a separate event as a way to kick off the opening of the new building.

''The most focus will be on the first regular season game. We’ll make that the true grand opening of the building.''

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

OWNED

[Chiefs=Champions]

Clark has teh maaad pull..

[chiefzilla1501]

You know what's pretty cool about this?

No better time to play the Chargers than the beginning of the season. If history is any guide, Norv won't have that team ready to play until week 5.

Sorry. Just trying to find any hint of light at the end of the tunnel.

[RustShack]

What do you know, RustShack was right again like usual.

[Beerthirty]

I think ACDC should be jammin in the Parking lot and KISS opening in the stadium for the Start. I would also Like the girl in Dirk Diglers pick by my side! Then watched Russell Okung with the game winning run on the old fumblerooskie! Then announce to the World we are overtaking the Chargers in the AFC West!

[007]

Originally Posted by chefsos

You didn't see? Niners/Donkeys!

Perfect.

[Marcellus]

Sweet.

Real life once again proving that message board speculation about what will happen is well, just speculation.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

NASCAR is the enemy of the Intelligence.

Originally Posted by KCinNY

Yep...three playoff victories since the merger. The Hunt family is awesome!

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Sweet.

Real life once again proving that message board speculation about what will happen is well, just speculation.

Yep, if only we'd spend some of that wheel-greasing $$$$ on real players at important positions instead of doing the ol' 5-tech/hand-me-down QB-shuffle, we wouldn't have to pay off the NFL to get a MNF game in our current state of suckage, we could actually EARN THEM by having a winning record, yes...