Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has a special proposal for the Kansas City Chiefs (Via Imago/CNN)
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has a special proposal for the reigning Super Bowl champions, after the voters in Jackson County, Missouri rejected the ballot measure for renovating the Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs. However, this doesn’t mean in any way a relocation for the Dallas Cowboys.
Johnson sat down in an interview with the Dallas Morning News. He claimed that Dallas is ‘big enough’ to support another NFL team, especially when it comes to the Chiefs.
Dallas was named the top sports city in the United States because we play to win.Eric Johnson told Everton Bailey Jr.
And now, since Kansas City voters aren’t ready to fund the renovation of the franchise’s home stadium, Johnson got the perfect opportunity to pursue the Chiefs. Mayor Johnson shared an article by NBC Sports about the Chiefs’ uncertain future in Kansas City, with a caption, “Welcome home, Dallas Texans!”
For those who are familiar with the Chiefs’ history, know that they were initially founded by Dallas as ‘Dallas Texans,’ in 1959. But they relocated to Kansas City and changed their name to ‘Kansas City Chiefs.’ Remembering their old name, Mayor Johnson intends to make the Chiefs chairman and CEO, Clark Hunt nostalgic for those days and his father’s legacy. It is worth noting that, he also lives in Dallas and has long ties with the city.
The AFL pioneer and Dallas Texans’ journey to Kansas City
Lamar Hunt, Clark’s father and the man of founded the Dallas Texans in 1956 as one of the original American Football League teams. In 1960, the Cowboys were founded and the two teams shared the Cotton Bowl stadium for three seasons before the former moved to Kansas City.
Lamar Hunt- the man who found the Dallas Texans (Via Kansas City Chiefs)
Kansas City has been quite lucky for the team, as before the AFL-NFL merger, they won three AFL titles and a Super Bowl IV victory title by defeating the Minnesota Vikings in 1969. Followed by a drought for nearly half a decade, they won three Super Bowls in the last five years.
