Ownership | Sporting Kansas City (2024)

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Who owns Kansas City MLS? ›

The six principals of Sporting Club include the following leaders in the Kansas City business community: the Patterson Family; Cliff Illig, vice chairman and co-founder of Cerner Corporation; Robb Heineman, principal and co-founder of Rock Island Capital, LLC.; Greg Maday, chairman and chief executive officer of ...

Starting in 1997, the franchise was named Kansas City Wizards. The team rebranded in November 2010, coinciding with its move to its new home stadium, Children's Mercy Park. The franchise has won the MLS Cup in 2000 and 2013, the Supporters' Shield in 2000, and the U.S. Open Cup in 2004, 2012, 2015, and 2017.

Kansas City (abbreviated as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named.

In college, she was a soccer star, and she then grew her own company, Brittany Lynne Fitness, which runs programs for clients with guided workouts. She went on to found the Kansas City Current as an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League in 2021, co-owning it with her husband.

Brittany Mahomes built her own company, Brittany Lynne Fitness, which offers clients programs with guided workouts. In 2021, she co-founded the Kansas City Current with her husband as an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League.

The Best of Kansas City was founded in the late 1970s in Brookside but the store later closed. A Crown Center shop has been operating since 1986. Montica Alexander bought the company in 1999.

Carolyn Kindle breaks barriers as first female CEO and president of an MLS team. The Major League Soccer expansion team St.

Patrick Mahomes II is the starting quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs; founder and chairman of the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation; founder of 2PM Productions; co-owner of the Kansas City Current; co-owner of the Kansas City Royals; and co-owner of Sporting KC.

Sporting Kansas City – $575 million

A 5% increase from the $550 million valuation in 2021, SKC dropped out of the top-10 due to an 11% increase from Inter Miami FC. Labeled as a “small market” club, SKC have remained a top performer since the rebrand in 2011, missing the playoffs only two times in that time frame.

Who is the CEO of Sporting KC? ›

Jake Reid signs five-year contract extension as Sporting Kansas City President and CEO | Sporting Kansas City.

CLIFF ILLIG is a principal investor in OnGoal, LLC, the group of successful Kansas City entrepreneurs that purchased the Kansas City Wizards from the Hunt Sports Group in 2006.

The team originally played as the Dallas Texans as part of the American Football League from 1960 to 1962. In 1963, owner Lamar Hunt moved the team to Kansas City and the team was renamed the Chiefs.

The reason the team made the switch was due to the cold weather tolerance, rapid recovery and aggressive rooting. In 2021, the Chiefs sold the naming rights for Arrowhead Stadium to GEHA, renaming it GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Kansas City Chiefs have been the class of the NFL over the last six seasons, winning three Super Bowls, including back-to-back titles the past two seasons.

The stadium project is privately financed, except for a $5.5 million tax credit from the state of Missouri, which the team requested, primarily for infrastructure improvements, after initial cost projections of $70 million swelled by 67 percent. Long's wife, Angie, is also an owner.

The Current ranks as the third most-valuable franchise in the 12-team NWSL, with an estimated valuation of $75 million, according to Sportico. The site also estimated that the team saw $10.1 million in revenue for 2023.

Kurt Wagner, the owner of KC Company, is a Microsoft Certified Professional who also provides installation, networking and security systems to improve the efficiency and productivity of your business.