Legislation designating the Kansas City Chiefs as Missouri’s official professional football team has been heard by a state Senate committee in Jefferson City. Kansas City State Senator Kiki Curls testifies the Chiefs are one of professional football’s most renowned franchises.
State Senator Kiki Curls has testified before the Senate Rules Committee, saying Arrowhead Stadium on gamedays is louder than a jet.
State Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz tells Missourinet he would like to see Chiefs Pro Bowl quarterback Patrick Mahomes come to the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City this session.
Senator Curls says the team’s name comes from former Kansas City Mayor Harold Roe Bartle, who was nicknamed “The Chief” and helped bring the Chiefs to Kansas City. The Chiefs and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City both testified for Curls’ legislation.