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Dallas Mayor Says Chiefs Have 'Serious Opportunity' to Relocate After Failed KC Vote

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson is lobbying the Kansas City Chiefs to consider a move to North Texas after the franchise was forced to reconsider its plans for renovating Arrowhead Stadium.

Earlier in the week, residents in Jackson County, Missouri, voted against a sales tax that was intended to help fund updating both Arrowhead Stadium and the construction of a new stadium for the Kansas City Royals.

Johnson reacted to the news on X by saying the Chiefs would be welcomed in Dallas, which is where the franchise originated:

The mayor expanded on this idea in an interview with The Athletic's Lukas Weese.