The Kansas City Chiefs have a “major chance” to move to their initial home in Dallas, the city’s mayor Eric Johnson informed The Athletic
Johnson is freely lobbying for a 2nd NFL group near his home city. And he sees the Chiefs, the ruling Super Bowl champs, as a sensible prospect.
Johnson, who has actually remained in workplace given that June 2019, promoted the Chiefs to think about Dallas following a rejection by citizens in Jackson County, Mo., of a tally effort for a tax that would have assisted the Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals.
“Welcome home Dallas Texans,” Johnson stated on X, mentioning the initial name of the Chiefs franchise.
“The connections are so deep, the history is so abundant,” Johnson informed The Athletic“We in fact might assemble the offers that would make good sense for them to get them here.”
Before there was the Chiefs Kingdom or the franchise’s 4 Super Bowls, American business person Lamar Hunt developed an American Football League (AFL) franchise called the Dallas Texans. The Texans began playing in 1960, sharing the Cotton Bowl with the Cowboys. Hunt transferred the franchise to Kansas City in 1963 and relabelled the group the Chiefs.
6 years later on, Lamar Hunt’s child Clark Hunt is the existing owner of the Chiefs. Clark Hunt is a Dallas local and resides in the city’s wealthy area of Highland Park with his partner, Tavia, and 3 kids. He is likewise the chairman and CEO of the MLS franchise, FC Dallas.
Johnson stated he talks to Hunt however decreased to state whether they have actually discussed a relocation for the Chiefs. “I’m not actually at liberty to state aside from I have an excellent open line of interaction with Clark Hunt,” Johnson stated. “And that line of interaction stays.”
Johnson argues that there’s an excellent financial argument for a group in Dallas, too. The Cowboys play about 20 miles away in neighboring Arlington. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Dallas-Fort Worth increased by roughly 23.1 percent considering that 2010. That is the most for any city in the U.S. throughout that time frame, according to the census, which approximates that Dallas-Fort Worth might be the third-largest city location in the nation by the 2030s.
That would put Dallas right behind Los Angeles and New York– cities that each have 2 NFL franchises.
“When the NFL takes a look at the next round of growth, they will not discover an American city where there is not an NFL franchise presently that will be a more profitable or faster-growing market to put a group,” Johnson stated.
Johnson stated he and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had a discussion about a 2nd Dallas group a number of years ago when the city was pressing to host video games for the males’s World Cup in 2026. Jones dismissed the concept of a 2nd regional NFL group.