(The Center Square) – Kansas City’s professional football and baseball teams promised to stay in Jackson County if a 40-year sales tax to pay for stadiums was approved on Tuesday, but voters rejected the plan.
The Jackson County Election Board’s unofficial results showed 57.8% of voters cast ballots against a three-eighths of a cent sales tax beginning in 2030 and ending in 2070. By almost the same percentage, voters in Kansas City defeated the sales tax to fund a new stadium for Major League Baseball’s Royals and renovations to Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
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