By TYLER HENRY
Lead sports writer for Salina Post
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Hello and Happy Thursday everybody it's Tyler Henry back with another 910KINA Sports Update presented by Solana Regional Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.
The future of the Royals and chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question on Tuesday night when residents of Jackson County Missouri resoundingly voted down a sales tax measure that would have helped to fund a new downtown ballpark, along with major renovations to Arrowhead Stadium.
Despite that Royals owner John Sherman and chiefs President Mark Donovan both acknowledged long before the final tally that they thought the initiative would likely fail. More than 58% of voters ultimately rejected the plan that would have replaced an existing three eighths of a cent sales tax that's been paying for the upkeep of Truman Sports Complex, the home for more than 50 years of Kaufman and Arrowhead Stadiums with a similar tax that would have been in place for the next 40 years.
More locally, K-State senior Tyler Perry was among 21 players chosen to participate in the 2024 NABC Reese's Division One College All-Star game, which will be played on Friday, April 6, at the State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. As part of the Final Four festivities.
Friday's game will air nationally on CBS network with a 4:30 p.m. tip time and admission to the game as well as all of Reese's final for Friday is free to the public.
And finally the Kansas City Royals fell in another Heartbreaker last night as the Orioles emerged from a five hour rain delay to walk off Casey in the night on a James McCann RBI single.
That's all for your sports update for today. But for even more great area sports content like this, check out this Atlanta post and stay tuned to 910KINA and Salinapost.com