KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – As the Kansas City Chiefs continue to explore their options to determine the Chiefs’ future home, the organization has hired outside help to assist with the process.

On Thursday, the Chiefs announced they had hired CSL International, a third-party research firm specializing in sports and entertainment venues. CSL will conduct market research through surveys, interviews and focus groups of key stakeholders as the Chiefs approach a decision on their home turf beyond 2031.

This is when the organization’s contract with the Truman Sports Complex expires. In April, Jackson County voters decisively rejected a sales tax extension that would have renovated Arrowhead Stadium and cleared the way for the Chiefs’ next-door neighbor, the Kansas City Royals, to move downtown.

Now both teams continue to look for plans and evaluate various options.

“As we continue to explore options and focus on the decision that will be best for the organization and our fans over the long term, the next step in the process is to gather stakeholders’ input on various aspects of the stadium experience,” Chiefs President Mark Donovan said in a statement, “whether as part of a renovation or new build.” “The professionals at CSL are leaders in this field, and we are excited that they will be conducting this research in the coming months. “The results will better inform us about how our season ticket members, fans, partners and suite holders experience matchday and allow them to share their thoughts as we look to the future.”

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Chiefs said CSL’s scouting sessions will take place in the coming weeks. They will focus on ideas for one of two different potential projects: a renovation of Arrowhead Stadium or a newly built stadium.

“We will combine insights from more than 10 new and renovated NFL stadium studies over the past decade with direct in-market testing to provide the Chiefs with clear, concise and actionable data based on market realities,” said CSL President Ben Wrigley.

In October, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said the team was gathering information from both sides of the state line to create options for a new stadium and potentially a new practice facility.

“We’re hoping we’ll have some direction by spring,” Hunt said of stadium possibilities on Oct. 16. the direction we are going.”

Hunt emphasized that the actual deadline is February 2031, when the organization’s contract with the Truman Sports Complex expires. After a failed vote in April, legislators in Kansas, with the help of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, passed a STAR bond bill that opened a path for the Chiefs or Royals to move to the Sunflower State.

Last week, Missouri Governor-elect Mike Kehoe said after winning the election that he and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas agreed on at least one thing: wanting to keep the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri.

A stadium architect released images in April. a potential stadium In Kansas City, Kansas.

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