Chiefs, Royals Stadium Tax Was Most Expensive K.C. Ballot Campaign Ever

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At $5.7 million and counting, the Committee to Keep the Chiefs and Royals spent more money than had ever been spent on any Kansas City ballot issue in the city's history, only to see voters reject a stadium tax to fund a new MLB stadium and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium.

According to The Kansas City Star, citing newly released campaign finance reports, the amount spent was nearly twice the teams’ previously reported contributions to the campaign. The previous spending record was set in 2004, when the teams spent roughly $5.2 million in inflation-adjusted dollars in an effort to pass the unsuccessful Bi-State II sales tax campaign to benefit the Chiefs, Royals and the arts community.

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