Arrowhead's west end zone scoreboard will stay the same size and shape but will add new LED panelsGETTY IMAGES
The Chiefs will update Arrowhead Stadium this offseason, including a "modernization" of the scoreboard, a "re-application of waterproofing measures to the entire upper deck and new seats in the upper deck," according to Pete Grathoff of the K.C. STAR. Chiefs President Mark Donovan said it has been a "decade since our last major renovation." Jackson County (Mo.) Sports Complex Authority Exec Dir Jim Rowland said that the updates will cost over $10M, with the Chiefs "paying for the work." However, Rowland said that in the future, the team can "request to be reimbursed" by the JCSCA. Grathoff notes the scoreboard on the west end zone will "remain the same size and shape," but will have "new LED panels that are expected to enhance the clarity." New seats in the upper deck will have "cup holders for the first time." Work on the venue "could begin next week" (K.C. STAR, 1/30).
PAY IT BACKWARD: The Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission said that the Chiefs are "obliged to pay $930,000 in back taxes plus interest" on a $375M renovation to Arrowhead Stadium from a decade ago. In K.C., Hendricks & Vockrodt in a front-page piece note taxpayers "paid for the lion's share of the project" -- $250M -- through Jackson County sales taxes. MAHC Commissioner Sreenivasa Dandamudi said that he would have been "inclined to increase that amount for taxes that should have been paid on other purchases," specifically the $1.3M the Chiefs spent to "outfit Arrowhead's Hall of Honor and Children's Learning Center." However, because of a "classification error by the revenue department, he was unable to do so" (K.C. STAR, 1/30).
