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Dallas mayor eyes 2nd NFL team after Chiefs' failed stadium vote

If you can't beat them, relocate them.

That's not the reason why Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson believes the city is ready to add a second NFL franchise, but funny enough, there is a legitimate opportunity to bring the Kansas City Chiefs to the Dallas-Forth Worth Metroplex.

On April 2, Jackson County voters rejected a ballot initiative for a sales tax to pay for the renovation of Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Chiefs president Mark Donovan had threatened to take the team elsewhere if the measure failed, and when it did, Johnson took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to say, "Welcome home, Dallas Texans.