Now leaving behind their home of Arrowhead Stadium in Kanas City, Mo., the National Football League’s Kansas City Chiefs have selected a design team for a new $3 billion domed stadium they plan to build across the border in Wyandotte County, Kan., and named an owner representative for another planned project, the team’s headquarters and 300-square-foot practice facility project. millions of dollars. Olathe, Kan.
Kansas City-based MANICA has been chosen as the lead design architect for the Chiefs’ new stadium, with the Kansas City sports architecture practice of HNTB selected as the architect of record. CAA ICON will act as the owner’s representative for the project, having led all elements of the RFQ, RFP and main design competition processes, bosses announced.
Burns & McDonnell, also based in Kansas City, will act as the owner’s representative for the practice facility and headquarters.
Kansas City Chiefs president Mark Donovan said in a press release that “the MANICA team excelled during a rigorous few months. [planning] process, honoring and embracing our history while presenting a bold and dynamic vision for the future.”
He said the selection concludes a six-month master design competition process between two finalists. He did not name the other contestant.
Plans call for the 70,000-seat stadium to be fully enclosed with a translucent ETFE roof with more than 400,000 square feet of translucent panels directly above the playing surface, which is intended to maximize visibility of military steps.
Donovan said the new stadium’s bowl is expected to be reminiscent of its current one and will feature a tribute to the franchise’s history at Arrowhead, including a drum platform, like the one in Arrowhead’s upper bowl that houses a fan-favorite drum used in pregame and in-game ceremonies, along with the Chiefs Ring of Honor, which recognizes the legendary new player coach at the stadium.
The size, shape and geometry of the stadium’s roof have been studied by audio engineers to maximize crowd noise so Chiefs fans can continue to lend their voice to home-field advantage, the franchise notes.
It also provides for a parking lot with 20,000 spaces that will have features designed to improve the tailgating experience.
Outside the stadium, Chiefs fans will be able to visit a plaza with a statue of Lamar Hunt, who founded the Chiefs, a Chiefs Hall of Honor that is expected to be twice the size of the current space and a Chiefs Team Store that will be four times the size of the existing store.
The stadium will also see mixed-use development that the team says will add to the game-day experience.
The project is being funded through a public-private partnership, with the public portion funded through Sales and Revenue Tax (STAR) bonds and the Attracting Professional Sports to Kansas Fund, both established when Kansas struggled in 2025 to lure the franchise out of Missouri. The Chiefs played their first game at Arrowhead in 1972.
The team’s current lease at Arrowhead expires in January 2031. Construction of the new stadium is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2031 NFL football season.
