Legacy play: Chiefs team up with developer from family roster to bring KCK, Olathe football hubs to gameday ready

Two companies founded by sports and business icon Lamar Hunt are drawing on their shared vision and lineage to shape a new year-round, mixed-use entertainment district surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs’ stadium in Wyandotte County, Kansas, as well as a hub near the franchise’s new headquarters and training facility in Olathe.

The football team on Monday announced a joint real estate venture — Two-Point Development — between the Chiefs and Hunt Midwest to develop the projects into destinations that spur regional economic activity, attract new investment, create new jobs, celebrate youth and amateur sports, and build new community gathering spaces for residents, visitors, and fans.

Hunt Midwest is one of the pillars of the Lamar Hunt Family’s holdings, which include interests in real estate, sports/entertainment, energy/natural resources, and private equity. Along with the Chiefs, other marquee brands include the Chicago Bulls, FC Dallas, Hunt Southwest, and Unity Hunt.

Clark Hunt, chairman and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs, speaks in July at KC House, discussing the impact of the FIFA World Cup on Kansas City; photo by Nikki Overfelt Chifalu, Startland News

“My father was a visionary who believed in the future of Kansas City and spent decades investing in the business community of this region, said Clark Hunt, chairman and CEO of the Chiefs, and son of Lamar Hunt. “Today we are so proud that his football franchise and his real estate company are joining forces to drive transformational real estate developments around the Chiefs future stadium and training facility.”

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In Wyandotte County, the two entities will create a transformational destination that extends far beyond the new world-class Home of the Chiefs on game days. The development will blend entertainment, hospitality, retail, residential, and public gathering spaces into a connected year-round experience that will unlock new opportunities for economic growth, community engagement, and regional investment in the Kansas City, Kansas, area.

In Olathe, the club’s future headquarters and practice facility will be the centerpiece of a vibrant, mixed-use environment that seamlessly brings football, community, and entertainment together. The vision is to create a setting where locals can live, work, and play, while visitors find connected, experience-driven public gathering spaces.

The Two-Point Development partnership will be the master developer for the design and development of both districts, overseeing the architects, engineers, land planners, and general contractors selected for the overall projects.

“This partnership will create two dynamic districts, provide memorable experiences for residents and visitors, spur meaningful economic growth, and fundamentally transform the footprint of the Kansas City metro area,” Hunt said. “We are proud of this joint venture and excited to get to work making this vision a reality.”

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The Two-Point Development name is inspired by Lamar Hunt’s innovative vision for including the exciting two-point conversion in professional football, the Chiefs said in a press release.

“With the thrilling post-touchdown two-point play a staple in college football in the 1950s, Lamar Hunt’s American Football League adopted the two-point conversion when it began play in 1960. After the AFL and NFL merged in 1970, the play disappeared from the professional game until 1994, when, at Lamar’s urging, it was officially adopted into the NFL rulebook,” the Chiefs detailed.