Kansas City Current Stadium Development Agreement

At a glance

What: Ordinance 260748 (committee substitute) authorizes agreements with the Kansas City Current for infrastructure in the Berkley Riverfront Park area: expansion of CPKC Stadium, a mixed-use district and parking structures, with financing agreements up to $185,000,000.
Where it stands: Committee advanced it to the Council on September 8, 2026 (due back 9/10/2026). The final Council vote is not in the minutes reviewed.
Next: Check the September 10 Council minutes for final action.

Mayor Lucas presented the ordinance (a presentation copy is on file with the City Clerk).
Authorizes pursuit of state supplemental tax increment financing or downtown and rural economic stimulus programs, financing of not more than $185,000,000 subject to the agreement's terms and developer cash-flow shortfall guarantees, and intergovernmental agreements with the State.
Appropriates $150,000 from the Development Services Fund for a third-party financial feasibility study.
Recommended: advance and do pass as a committee substitute, debate. No docket memo was provided. Votes by member are not recorded in these minutes.

Advanced as a committee substitute to the Council.