KC mayor shares a portion of potential post Super Bowl celebration plans
Jan 16, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mayor Quinton Lucas took questions from reporters for more than 15 minutes Thursday on what a post-Super Bowl celebration would look like for the Chiefs if they three-peat.
"We will be likely to share the details probably in the same time frame that we have in years past," he said.
"We wait till after the need for a championship event. For those who don't remember when we did not make a Super Bowl, we did still do a lot of planning, but we didn't talk about all of that."
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The questions came at LC's Bar-B-Q after the Mayor made his bet for the upcoming Chiefs' game against the Houston Texans.
On February 14, 2024, more than 20 were hurt and local DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan was shot and killed outside Union Station. In years past, Mayor Lucas has been a part of news conferences, sharing the post-Super Bowl plans the day after the game.
"You know, you're always welcome to engage with insurance folks in the private market as to what types of steps will be necessary," Mayor Lucas said when asked if the insurance has increased for covering a celebratory event.
FOX4 did that and talked to John White, President of White, Grego & White Insurance.
"Well Jonathan, like we spoke on the phone, not knowing what the premium was and the other factors that go into getting a rate for something like that, I've got to believe with what happened, it would go 50% to double," White said when asked how much he thinks the insurance costs would rise.
We sent that to a city spokesperson who responded it's actually the Kansas City Sports Commission that does the insurance for the post-Super Bowl parades.
After hearing that, FOX4 reached out to them via phone call and email, but have not heard back.
The Chiefs wouldn't comment that day either. At the mayor's news conference Thursday, he said the city will continue to have major events.
"There is not an impediment to Kansas City continuing to have major events," said the Mayor.
"Whether you consider it to be insurance, anything under the sun, we will continue to do them, and the way the city handles these things is going through a regular risk assessment process to ensure that we're doing all that we need to do, working with law enforcement, working with event folks, public works, and others to ensure that we have the best event possible."
FOX4 reached out to the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) Thursday morning about a post-Super Bowl celebration.
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"KCPD is not responsible for the planning and coordination of the Chiefs parade. I would suggest reaching out to the city for questions regarding plans for future large sporting events," KCPD Public Information Officer Alayna Gonzalez said.
"We will continue to work with our partners on the collaboration and discussion of different ideas and ways that we can create a more safe, secure, and enjoyable environment for all attending any event held in our city."
At Thursday's news conference, Mayor Lucas did say that a post-Super Bowl celebration is a city event. On February 1, 2024, the city council approved an allocation of $975,000 to the Kansas City Sports Commission in preparation for a postseason celebration for the Chiefs.