Editing Kansas (section)

===Rivalry with Missouri===
[[File:Kansas city metro counties.jpg|thumb|Map of Kansas and Missouri with [[Kansas City]] metro counties.]]
Kansas and [[Missouri]] are two bordering U.S. [[U.S. state|states]] with a long and tumultuous history. The relationship between these two states has its roots in [[Bleeding Kansas]], but mutual distrust has continued off and on since then, [[Border War (Kansas–Missouri rivalry)|even in sporting contexts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-states-got-their-shapes/articles/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-u-s-states |title=Things You May Not Know About the US States |access-date=2014-03-06 |archive-date=2014-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306083806/http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-states-got-their-shapes/articles/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-u-s-states |url-status=dead }}</ref> These states also share the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]], where both states each have a city named Kansas City on either side of the Missouri River. The bitterness sown during Bleeding Kansas lingers in the [[Border War (Kansas–Missouri rivalry)#Background|Border War]] between the [[University of Kansas]] and the [[University of Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Brennan |first=Eamonn |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/88367/big-easts-best-rivalry-can-survive-realignment |title=Some rivalries can survive realignment – Men's College Basketball Nation Blog – ESPN |work=Espn.go.com |date=2007-11-23 |access-date=2013-10-12}}</ref> The two states compete economically, mainly at the border which is also called a Border War.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Dave |url=http://www.kctv5.com/story/23346953/missouri-kansas-border-war |title=Group wants to stop Missouri-Kansas border war |work=KCTV5 |date=2010-05-01 |access-date=2013-10-12 |archive-date=2013-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016210408/http://www.kctv5.com/story/23346953/missouri-kansas-border-war |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019, the governors of the two states signed an agreement to stop offering financial incentives to pull business across the border.<ref name=Hardy2019>{{cite news |url=https://kansascity.com/news/business/article233725152.html |title='Sometimes common sense does prevail.' Missouri, Kansas celebrate end of border war |first=Kevin |last=Hardy |work=The Kansas City Star |date=August 14, 2019 |access-date=March 5, 2024 }}</ref> In 2022, the governor of Kansas said that agreement did not include enticement of the [[Kansas City Chiefs|Chiefs]] football team moving its arena from Missouri to Kansas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kctv5.com/2022/03/31/governor-all-it-moving-chiefs-kansas-says-team-was-not-part-border-war-truce/?outputType=amp |title=Governor 'all for it' on moving Chiefs to Kansas, says team was not part of Border War truce |date=March 31, 2022 |first=Shain |last=Bergan |work=KCTV5 |access-date=March 5, 2024  |quote=The Kansas governor on Thursday morning stoked conversation on the possibility of a Chiefs move to the other side of the state line, noting that the NFL franchise was not part of the 2019 Border War truce between the two states. }}</ref> In 2024, the Kansas House of Representatives and Kansas State Senate passed legislation that would give professional sports programs north of $1 billion in STAR bonds for the development of stadiums and entertainment districts in [[Kansas City, Kansas]]. The Chiefs and Royals both hired lobbyists in 2024 that appealed to the Kansas Legislature. As of March 2025, the Chiefs haven't commented directly on a move to Kansas, but the Royals have expressed interest in building a riverfront stadium on the junction between the Kansas River and Missouri River. Kansas House of Representatives member Sean Tarwater said that talks with the Chiefs were intensifying in February of 2025, and that Kansas was close to "bringing over at least one team, maybe two".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/c_v9Yfx3_gA?t=4075s |title=House Committee on Appropriations 02/13/2025 |language=en |access-date=2025-03-24 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In June 2024, an architecture firm in Kansas released a video featuring 3D renderings of a potential design for a domed stadium in Kansas City, Kansas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sloan |first=Nick |date=2024-05-01 |title=Renderings from Manica Architecture show a potential domed-stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs |url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-city-chiefs-domed-stadium-renderings-kansas-city-kansas/60655197 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=KMBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sloan |first=Nick |date=2025-02-28 |title=How we got here: A look back at what's led to recent discussion about the Chiefs, Royals' futures in the metro |url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/timeline-kansas-city-chiefs-royals-stadium-talks-in-kansas-missouri/61079317 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=KMBC |language=en}}</ref>