NFL’s Kelce, Mahomes Urge Kansas City to Seal $2 Billion Subsidy

“We need you,” declares Travis Kelce. “Let’s keep this rolling,” commands Patrick Mahomes.

What they want is for Kansas City voters to approve a tax that would raise as much as $2 billion of taxpayer money for two stadiums. The NFL stars made their appeal in an ad encouraging Jackson County, Missouri, residents to vote yes on an April 2 ballot measure to renew a sales tax for another 40 years.

The revenue would fund the relocation of the Kansas City Royals baseball team into a new ballpark downtown so the NFL’s Chiefs can expand into the space ...