NFL’s Chiefs’ $2 Billion Stadium Subsidy Rejected by Voters

Kansas City-area voters rejected the extension of a sales tax to fund stadium projects for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and MLB’s Royals, raising the risk that the teams will follow through on threats to leave the city. The tax under consideration in Jackson County, Missouri’s election on Tuesday would have raised more than $2 billion over 40 years. That would have helped fund the Chiefs’ plans to revamp their the 50-year-old Arrowhead Stadium at a cost of $800 million. The Royals team wanted to use the funds for a...