cherokee316's Blog

Arrowhead stays in the name, only thing that changes is some company that pays big bucks to be able to put their name up there with it.

These are the times we live in. And how do you know Lamar did not consider this?

I still call it sandstone....i still call it royals stadium.....i will always call it the grandview triangle...and i will forever call it arrowhead stadium. people dont have anything better to do than to change names of things that are just fine the way they are.

Yes he was a good business man he had to be especially when the Chiefs were losing mmillions of dollars from about 1974 to about 1989 because of their records (2-12,6-10 etc.),if it wasn't for the money he made from Worlds of Fun we probably wouldn't have an NFL team now.Plus throw in the fact he could have relocated the team to other cities namely Los Angeles and made millions upon millions more than he could here.As to the naming rights of the stadium he could have jumped on that bandwagon ten years ago and already made millions.Don't sell him short he was a very good businessman but he also was a good man that cared about this city and its people

Hear Hear to that Diesel!!!

Myjobsamom and Deisel:

DITTO!

Jackson County does own the stadium but the fools who put together the lease agreement gave the Chiefs a lot of the control of the stadium when it comes to naming rights, revenue from other events like Big XII championship games etc. The county truly has very little control of anything that takes place there except giving the team money for upkeep and the new remodeling. This money goes to the Chiefs and not the county. What's so funny is they are saying that it is because they need to be competitive with large markets and find creative ways of generating revenue. What a load of crap. They are one of the more profitable teams in the NFL. This team is all about the P&L and not about the W's and L's. Here's to more average seasons and no championships for the Chiefs!

I know Sprint is going to pay roughly $2.5 million for teh arena downtown per year. That amount only kicks in once they have a major tenant from either the NHL or NBA. It is about a third less without the major tenant. I haven't seen any dollar figures for the Arrowhead proposal but I think at this point they were entertaining the idea and there weren't any companies identified who are interested. The Chiefs will get the money in their pockets. There are certain things the teams have to share with the whole league like ticket $$$ and concession $$$ but things like parking, naming rights, suites and other revenue generators go directly to the team.