Missouri Gov. Parson meets with local leaders about Chiefs, Royals [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Meeting with officials at the city and county level, Governor Mike Parson joined the fight to keep the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri.

“All the meetings went very well,” Parson said. “I think we just need to have a plan in place to move forward and I think there’s a real opportunity to do that.”

That plan, if the governor would have it his way, would see the funding for the teams split up, with voters potentially having to approve two different sales tax measures.

“They’re two different entities and two different ventures we’re going to be talking about,” Parson said.

Jackson County legislator Sean Smith agrees.

“Splitting it makes sense. It really depends on what the macro-financial arrangements are and who is going to kick in what,” Smith said.

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