The AP notes voters' rejection of a tax plan in Missouri this week will force the Royals and Chiefs to "reevaluate their approach," and the vote is "almost assuredly not the end of the matter." Other teams and cities have "faced similar setbacks, and that hasn’t slowed a wave of stadium construction underway across the U.S." Moving to a new stadium within the same region or another state "is just one of several options." Teams could "tweak their plans and ask voters again." They could "build or renovate stadiums without public funds." Or they could "avoid a referendum by seeking approval for public subsidies directly from a legislative body such as a city council, county commission or state legislature."
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- Larry Lucchino's vision lives on at Petco Park.
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