Jackson County Sports Authority

After voters overwhelmingly rejected the stadium sales tax last year, Jackson County and Missouri officials are struggling to coordinate on a plan to stop the teams from moving to Kansas. The only viable stadium bill now centers around Clay County.

Businesses were split on their reaction to the vote on April 2 that rejected the extension of a 3/8th-cent sales tax for a ballpark in the Crossroads. Some said the loss of a downtown stadium just blocks away would hinder progress in the district. Others said the campaign was doomed from the start.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Royals have announced their desired stadium plans, but questions still remain. Jim Rowland, the executive director of the Jackson County Sport Complex Authority, said the teams are in a "dicey situation" without passage of a 40-year, 3/8th-cent sales tax.

The Jackson County Legislature overrode County Executive Frank White's veto just over 24 hours before the deadline to finalize the April ballot. Jackson County voters will now get to decide this spring whether to fund the teams' stadiums through a 3/8ths cent sales tax for the next 40 years.

The document adopted by the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority represents a concrete action to keep the Chiefs and Royals in the city, after months of escalating rumors that they might jump ship to North Kansas City or Kansas. It has yet to be signed by either teams.

A new Royals stadium has been controversial since it was announced. A location and funding plan is yet to be determined. But at the heart of the debate is a fundamental question of whether Kauffman Stadium can or should continue to be the venue for future Royals games.

Helping sell Kansas City to soccer's international governing body was a "full-circle" experience for Katherine Fox, who played field hockey, basketball and soccer at Pembroke Hill.

The safety protocols implemented at sporting events after 9/11 have become a routine part of fans' experience, accepted as one of the ways life changed after the attack.