By AP/KWMU
Kansas City, MO – NFL owners on Wednesday voted to award Kansas City a Super Bowl, but only if Arrowhead Stadium gets a $100 million roof to keep out the winter cold.
Kansas City Chiefs president Carl Peterson is hedging on whether taxpayers will pony up for stadium improvements that could snag Kansas City a Super Bowl.
The $100 million for the roof is in addition to the $300 million in other improvements the team says are needed. The stadium opened in 1972 and is now one of the oldest in the NFL.
Arrowhead is also owned by Jackson County, Mo. The Chiefs hope to put a sales tax proposal on a ballot next April. Peterson declined Wednesday to predict if voters will go along.
If it all comes together, Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt says the Super Bowl would most likely be played in Kansas City following the 2014 or 2016 season. The vote by owners on Wednesday, though, only said sometime between 2012-2021.
No Super Bowl has ever taken place in Missouri.
To see an enlarged image of the stadium roof rendering, click here.