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Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas are fighting over the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals

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The Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals made their homes in Missouri in the 1960s .

The teams currently play in two of the oldest stadiums still used by professional sports teams.

Missouri 's Republican Governor, Mike Kehoe , is fighting to keep both teams in Missouri , as their neighbors in Kansas have offered big stadium incentives for the teams to move across the Missouri River .

The stadium funding battle reignites a familiar fight, one that Missouri and Kansas once fought over Applebee ’s.

The governor is positioning the war over the Chiefs and the Royals as another battle to keep jobs in the state.

Kansas ’ offer for the Royals is also coming off the table at the end of June , according to Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins .

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