KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the last few years, the Chiefs say they have spent nearly as much of their own money ($40 million) on renovations and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium as it cost Jackson County taxpayers ($43 million through a bond i,ssue) to build both stadiums in the Truman Sports Complex completed in 1972.
Then there was the $125 million the Hunt family contributed toward the $375 million renovation finished in 2010 … albeit with the preponderance of the funding ($212.5 million) via an ongoing Jackson County sales tax and the state of Missouri providing $37.5 million.
All of which has helped Arrowhead remain an iconic marvel distinguished in part as the world’s loudest venue when extrapolated from the Guinness Book of World Records calling the 142.2 decibels at a 2014 game “the loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium.”
