Will Lawrence, chief of staff to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, attends a legislative hearing on a proposal to allow the state to issue bonds to help the Kansas City Chiefs build a new stadium in the state, Monday, June 17, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. While Kelly thinks the bonds would be a good way to help the Chiefs and Lawrence said the proposal is well-drafted, the governor is remaining neutral in the debate. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Korb Maxwell, left, an attorney for the Kansas City Chiefs, confers with former Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., right, R-Olathe, now a lobbyist for Scoop and Score, a nonprofit group pushing a plan to have Kansas issue bonds to finance a new stadium for the Chiefs, Monday, June 17, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
FILE = Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) speaks to Taylor Swift after the team's NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. A 170-year-old rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri. The team has international cache after three Super Bowl titles in five years and because of Kelce’s romance with pop icon Swift.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Former Kansas state Rep. Fred Patton, R-Topeka, wears a Kansas City Chiefs pin on the lapel of his suit jacket ahead of a legislative hearing on a proposal to allow Kansas to issue bonds to help finance a new stadium for the professional football team in Kansas, Monday, June 17, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Patton represents Scoop and Score, a nonprofit backing the plan, and he is among nearly three dozen lobbyists working for it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
FILE - A woman and her dog walk past Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals baseball team, March 24, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders endorsed helping the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas ahead of a special session set to convene Tuesday, June 18. The plan would authorize state bonds for stadium construction and pay them off with revenues from sports betting, the Kansas Lottery and new tax dollars generated in and around the new venues. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
FILE - Fans cheer at Arrowhead Stadium during the first half of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions, Sept. 7, 202, in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders endorsed helping the Chiefs and professional baseball's Kansas City Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas ahead of a special session set to convene Tuesday. The plan would authorize state bonds for stadium construction and pay them off with revenues from sports betting, the Kansas Lottery and new tax dollars generated in and around the new venues. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann. File)