ORDINANCE NO. 230020

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Estimating revenue in the amount of $1,500,000.00 in the Convention and Tourism Fund and appropriating same for the purpose of funding the City's contribution toward the 2023 NFL Draft; authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Kansas City Sports Commission in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the NFL Draft will take place in Kansas City from April 27 through April 29, 2023; and

WHEREAS, more than 300,000 local, regional, national, and international attendees are expected; and

WHEREAS, the event is expected to result in $102.1 million in direct visitor spending and result in an estimated $10.2 million in local tax revenues; and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Sports Commission, on behalf of and with approval and guidance of the City of Kansas City, authored a bid to host the 2023 NFL Draft in Kansas City, submitted in 2018, with shared funding commitments on behalf of both parties; and

WHEREAS, Kansas City was awarded the hosting rights to the 2023 NFL Draft in May of 2019; and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Sports Commission is committed to privately generating $1,500,000.00 of additional funds to further cover event expenses; and

WHEREAS, this event will positively impact the City in numerous ways including the NFL Business Connect program which utilizes local diverse businesses and vendors and the NFL Teammates Program which engages large numbers of local volunteers and even providing hourly wages for certain positions; and

WHEREAS, the NFL Draft event will showcase our City and our historical landmarks in an unprecedented way, before a national and international audience of tens of millions of viewers; and

WHEREAS, most aspects of the NFL Draft event are freely available to an all-inclusive public at no cha...

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