KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri General Assembly’s special session reconvenes Monday, and it’s the House side of the rotunda’s turn in Jefferson City.
The state Senate passed a trio of bills last week, one providing a plan to fund up to half of stadium projects for the Chiefs or Royals or Cardinals in St. Louis.
The Missouri State House will consider the Show Me Sports Investment Act.
The stadium funding bill sets the framework for the Royals and the Chiefs to pay back some of the costs for new and renovated venues.
Construction bonds would be paid back using tax money generated at the stadiums and would cover up to 50% of the cost to build it.
The teams would have to qualify to have access to that money.
The stadiums would need to be built for football or baseball, have more than 3