FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2026
Kansas Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Cindy Holscher Announces Opposition to Chiefs Stadium Deal – Comparing it to Brownback Experiment
“I’d love to see the Chiefs in Kansas — just not this billionaire giveaway”
Today, Kansas Senator Cindy Holscher, Democratic candidate for Governor, announced her opposition to the proposed Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal in a new op-ed published by the Kansas City Star.
In announcing her opposition, Sen. Holscher became the only gubernatorial candidate and most prominent Kansas elected official to publicly oppose the stadium deal, citing concerns for Kansas taxpayers.
Here’s are some excerpts from Holscher’s piece in the KC Star:
- I love the Kansas City Chiefs. Always have, always will. But I think elected officials should tell it like it is: The new stadium plan is a raw deal for Kansans. At a time when our leaders should be laser focused on lowering costs for Kansans, instead they are delivering a massive giveaway to billionaires and asking us to foot the bill. Like the failed Sam Brownback tax experiment before it, the stadium deal makes big promises of nebulous economic growth, but risks blowing open our state budget.
- As it turns out, Kansas isn’t the first state that’s been asked to pay for a stadium by billionaire owners. We can look at and learn from what’s happened in other places. The pattern is clear: Consultants promise massive economic growth from the new project and swear up and down that it’ll generate enough revenue to justify the costs.
- More than anything else, the stadium deal reminds me of the disastrous Brownback tax experiment. Gov. Brownback had study after study promising sweeping cuts would pay for themselves and create enough economic activity to fill the budget deficit. Well, all the studies in the world didn’t amount to jack when they almost bankrupted the state and forced drastic cuts to our schools and other services.
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Cindy Holscher was raised on a farm and brought up with common sense, Midwest values, and a love of her country. Cindy and her husband Greg have lived in Kansas for over 25 years, and their three kids graduated from public schools. She first ran for office to help end the disastrous Brownback experiment and to restore funding to the schools. As a legislator, Cindy co-founded the Women’s Bipartisan Caucus, and she focused on lowering costs for working class and middle class Kansans. Now, she’s running for Governor because Kansas deserves a leader who has a proven track record of fighting for all Kansans.
For more information about Holscher and the campaign, visit CindyforKansas.com.
