[dirk digler]

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What about the Chiefs?

The Chiefs for years have voiced a consistent desire to remain at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Team plans shared during the Jackson County sales tax campaign called for a $800 million renovation to Arrowhead and its surroundings, with new tailgate areas, entertainment space and suites.

The teams' "Yes On 1" campaign, managed by Axiom Strategies, was heavy on campaign mailers suggesting a sales tax rejection would mean the Chiefs' departure from Kansas City, perhaps to a new stadium in Kansas. Sources last fall said Kansas leaders broached the topic with the Chiefs during a regional trade trip to Germany that overlapped with overseas football play. But both parties say no official meetings or discussions happened before or after that trip.

Other sources said the Chiefs had pushed for an April sales tax vote, at least in part, out of a desire to pursue state funding before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a noted team fan, leaves office in January. Sources for a $500 million financial gap in the Chiefs' renovation project have yet to be specified.

It's not clear how Tuesday's outcome would have changed if just the Chiefs' proposal were on the ballot. White last week said he would be receptive to a Chiefs-only ballot question, involving a three-sixteenths-cent sales tax, rather than three eighths, over 40 years, "while the Royals finalize their planning."

"(Jackson County) voters have spoken," White posted to social media Tuesday evening, after the sales tax vote. "I'll say more on the election results and what happens next soon. Stay tuned!"