Fans roast KC mayor over social-media post promising Chiefs wouldn’t move
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will turn 36 during the 2031 NFL season, and at that time he will be playing in a new stadium.
Not to worry, Chiefs fans. He’ll still be in red and gold, assuming he is still with the team. But Mahomes will be playing in Wyandotte County, as the Chiefs will be moving into a domed stadium by 2031.
As Kansas Lt. Governor David Toland noted Monday at a news conference: “The Chiefs are a part of who we are as Kansans, and now they’ll be such an important part of our future for years and for generations to come.”
That last thought was worth noting, because of what Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas shared in a message on X in August 2024.
“The Chiefs will be playing in Kansas City, Missouri for a generation to come,” Lucas wrote at the time. “The Royals will be playing in Kansas City, Missouri for a generation to come. “Don’t get distracted by the day-to-day sausage making. Good work is getting done to ensure a positive future for all.”
After Monday’s announcement, that message from the mayor is a candidate to be retweeted by the Freezing Cold Takes account.
Update: That account did share the mayor’s wrong prediction.
Comments on that post picked up again in recent days as it became apparent the Chiefs would be relocating to Kansas. Fans continued roasting Lucas on Monday after the move was made official.
“How long is a generation again?” one fan asked.
“well well well,” another wrote.
Another simply asked: “Update?”
“L,” wrote a fan.
Here are some other things that were shared on X about Lucas and that message.
This story was originally published December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM.
