Clark Hunt on future of Chiefs' stadium, practice facilities

With a vote on a sales tax extension in Jackson County that would fund renovations of GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on the ballot in November, there has been a lot of talk about the future home of the Kansas City Chiefs.

During comments to the media this week, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt responded to questions about possible plans for the team’s practice facility.

When asked about the possibility of having the practice facility in Kansas, Hunt was hesitant to talk about specifics.

However, he made it clear that the team’s current location in Kansas City, Missouri was the team’s first option, but that the Chiefs’ practice facilities and stadium don’t necessarily have to be in the same complex.

“It wouldn’t be helpful to the process for me to mention specific sites other

than obviously, here at the (Harry S.) Truman Sports Complex, which is an obvious one,” Hunt explained. “The practice facility and the stadium don’t have to be next to each other going forward, and on the Missouri side that’s something that we’re contemplating, is perhaps another location in Missouri for a training facility.”

In a follow-up, Hunt made it clear that he is open to all possibilities relative to relocation on either side of State Line Road.

“I think really everything is on the table in that regard,” Hunt said. “There is some logic to having them in the same state, but I don’t think they have to be.”

Stay tuned for more developments on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and a possible new practice facility for Kansas City,