Stadium Name: | New Royals Stadium |
Location: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Owner: | Jackson County, Missouri |
Capacity: | 34,000 |
Opened: | 2028 (planned) |
Cost: | $2 billion |
Architect: | Populous |
Tenants: | Kansas City Royals (2028-) |
New Royals Stadium is a proposed baseball stadium to be constructed in Kansas City, Missouri. It will be home to the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. It will have a capacity of 34,000. Opening is planned for 2028. It will be owned by Jackson County, Missouri.
In 2021, John Sherman started talking openly about his desire for a move downtown. Funding for the stadium would come from the Royals' ownership group, who plan to invest more than $1 billion in private funding for the project, and the passing of an April 2, 2024, election referendum for a 40-year, 3/8th-cent sales tax to help finance the new Royals ballpark and renovate Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs.[1] [2] [3] [4] This referendum was rejected by voters, leaving uncertainty as to the next steps for the Royals' and Chiefs' new stadiums.[5]