About Arrowhead Stadium
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium is an American football stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). It is part of the Truman Sports Complex, sitting adjacent to Kauffman Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Royals (MLB).
Opened in 1972, Arrowhead is one of the oldest and most revered stadiums in the NFL. It is famous for holding the Guinness World Record for the loudest stadium roar, reaching 142.2 decibels in 2014. The stadium's design, with steep upper decks and enclosed bowl, traps noise to create a deafening environment for opposing teams.
The stadium has undergone several renovations to modernize amenities while keeping its classic feel. It has hosted multiple AFC Championship games during the Patrick Mahomes era, cementing its status as one of the toughest places to play. The "Sea of Red" created by fans is one of the most intimidating sights in professional sports.
The venue is owned by Jackson County, Missouri, through the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, and leased to the Hunt family's Chiefs organisation under a lease that runs to January 2031. The Hunt family paid roughly 1.75 million dollars a year in rent to the county under the original 1972 arrangement, a figure that has since been renegotiated multiple times and includes public financing of major renovations totalling 375 million dollars completed in 2010. The stadium takes its name from the traditional arrowhead symbol adopted by team founder Lamar Hunt during a 1963 team-naming committee meeting in Dallas, before the franchise's move to Kansas City in 1963 from its original home as the Dallas Texans of the American Football League. The naming-rights deal announced in 2021 with the German-American insurer GEHA added corporate branding without displacing the original name.