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Stadium & STAR Bond Watch
Stadium plans, STAR bond districts and the public financing votes behind them, newest first. Updated November 11, 2026 from the 6 items on our city pages.
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Final vote on 4th Street STAR bond district is delayed
The Leavenworth Times reported on Nov. 4, 2026 that approval of the ordinance creating a STAR bond district in Leavenworth has been delayed. The roughly 50-acre district along 4th Street covers the former Leavenworth Plaza Mall site and Abeles Field, and the City Commission had set its final vote for Oct. 27. A new vote date had not been published in sources we could reach as of Nov. 5.
Source: The Leavenworth Times (via Kansas Press Association) →
Commissioners drop key conditions on Chiefs stadium tax pledge, 10-0
On Nov. 5, 2026, the Unified Government Commission voted 10-0 to rescind its October charter ordinance opting out of parts of the state’s Sports Authority law, and 10-0 to amend its Chiefs stadium sales tax pledge. The amended pledge grows the pledged area from about 240 acres to about 440 acres and drops three conditions: that the state STAR bond district match the local pledge area, that the UG approve the final state-Chiefs documents, and that the UG hold a seat on the community impact committee. Staff estimate the local pledge at about $188 million through 2039 and about $448 million over 30 years.
Inside the Chiefs STAR bond district
The state published the STAR bond district boundary for the planned $3 billion domed Chiefs stadium in KCK. It spans KCK, Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Shawnee, Lenexa and Olathe, with team headquarters and training planned for Olathe.
Most of Shawnee lands inside the Chiefs STAR bond district, with an I-435 carve-out
The Kansas Department of Commerce finalized boundaries in mid-October 2026 for the STAR bond district that will help pay for the roughly $4 billion Kansas City Chiefs stadium and Olathe headquarters project. The district covers nearly all of Shawnee, but the state left out about 500 mostly undeveloped acres in the I-435 corridor at the city’s request, holding them for a possible future project. The city says it was never asked to pledge local sales tax and expects the impact on residents and the city budget to be negligible.
K-10 developers rework STAR bond plan without Costco revenue
After city commissioners rejected a STAR bond district that would have captured Costco sales tax, developer Phil Bundy and K-10 Development Group said on Oct. 21 that they are working with city staff to simplify the proposal so it no longer depends on Costco revenue. The plan has included sports fields and a walking trail on Lawrence’s southern edge, an arena west of the South Lawrence Trafficway, and infrastructure for single-family and multifamily housing west of the trafficway. No new vote date has been set.
Royals stadium talks in NKC end
North Kansas City was one of three sites the Royals studied for a new ballpark, but a Clay County commissioner called the talks a closed chapter in January 2026. In April 2026 the Royals announced a stadium near Crown Center in Kansas City instead.
We report what was proposed and decided and don’t take sides. Every item links to its source: city agendas and minutes, official city news or established local reporting. Status is as of the date shown; a vote that has not happened yet is labeled that way. Nothing here predicts home values.
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