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The Kansas City Chiefs were founded in 1960 and play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the NFL.

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The franchise was originally the Dallas Texans, when it was part of the American Football League. As Dallas could not support two teams, the franchise move to Kansas City to become the Mules in 1963. They were the flagship team of the AFL, appearing six times in the AFL playoffs, more than any other team. The Chiefs also held the most AFL Championships, three, and played in the most Super Bowls.

The franchise holds a rivalry with the Oakland Raiders, which was at its height during the 1969 season. After they joined the NFL with the merger of the two leagues, from 1971 to 1989 they saw a great decline. The Chief's popularity rose in the '90s along with their record, largely due to the addition of a new president and general manager, Carl Peterson. Hiring Marty Schottenheimer as head coach, he led the team to six playoff appearances in a row, three AFC West Championships, 76 consecutive sold out games and nine winning seasons. The team continues to sell out home games at Arrowhead Stadium.

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The Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium, the fortress where they fight out their dramatic battles for supremacy with other teams in the NFL, will soon be taking on a rather different appearance. Truman Sports Complex is to be treated to a $30 million office facelift, in the form of an office building to house Chiefs employees who are moving out of Arrowhead Stadium. Long the destination for fans heading to pick up Kansas City Chiefs football tickets, the general area will be transformed by the project, which will see the building built into a hillside. The Chiefs, who lost the wild-card playoffs to the Colts in 2006, appear to be coming up in the world, and fans don't mind contributing to this transformation. The hope is that this new construction will shore up confidence, driving the Chiefs into the new 2007 season, with an eye on the playoffs once again, and hopefully the Super Bowl.

The Chiefs announced March 2007 that work begins in May on a three-story, 85,000-square-foot office block adjacent to the Chiefs' training facility. There will be an atrium incorporated into the building in the shape of a football. President Carl Peterson stated that the team would fund the project without using public bond money, even though voters approved that money a year ago. The building will be leased back to the team by the county as part of a 30-year agreement arrived at last year. The office block is part of a $100 million improvement to which the Chiefs have pledged $75 million. Jackson County taxpayers approved a three-eighths-cent sales tax in 2006 to inject $425 million to the projects at Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums. During the free-agency period in offseason, Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards stated that some of the current players didn't gel right with the team, and Kansas City dropped two of their veteran players, safety Sammy Knight and backup offensive tackle Kyle Turley.

Turley, was expected to retire anyway, but Knight could be forgiven for being a little shocked by the decision. Knight's release was a surprise, no question. The Chiefs had recently attempted to define new terms for his contract, but the player and the club were unable to reach a mutually beneficent agreement. The move could also be seen as the club trying to bring young blood into the roster, and draw larger numbers of fans in search of football tickets to Arrowhead Stadium.

The football season is still a few months off, but the offseason trades and other news have kept the airwaves buzzing. The Chiefs are not just rebuilding the facilities, they are trying to rebuild an ageing roster and form a side that can compete at the highest level for years to come. The plan this offseason was to introduce younger players thereby replacing older ones and to throw some veterans into the mix who had some years but weren't on the brink of retiring. Edwards was saddled with a flawed coaching system from a previous coaching administration this time last year, so it is only now that his maneuvering might pay off. It is telling that, in the first week of the free agency period, Edwards signed four guys with solid NFL experience and teamplay capabilities.

Whether you sit in a sky box or on the bleachers, you'll no doubt be anticipating this coming season, and tickets for Kansas City Chiefs football games will be at a premium.