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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill requires relocating professional sports teams to impose ticket and in-venue sales surcharges
Last action · February 5, 2026: Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment CommitteeSponsor: Nick Schroer
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What This Bill Would Do
Professional sports teams that lease state-supported sports facilities and announce plans to relocate out of state must collect a $50 surcharge per ticket and a 5% surcharge on all in-venue sales.
Imposes mandatory financial fees on sports fans and stadium vendors specifically when a team announces a move to another state, altering the cost of attendance and concessions.
- State and local governments frequently finance professional sports stadiums through public funds and convention or tourism taxes in exchange for long-term lease agreements. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
professional sports teams
Teams that announce relocation must collect and remit a $50 ticket surcharge and a 5% in-venue sales surcharge.
sports fans and event attendees
Attendees face an additional $50 fee per ticket and a 5% increase on all purchases inside the stadium during games.
Key Facts
- Applies to any professional sports team leasing a sports facility that receives state appropriations from a county convention and sports complex fund.
- Triggered when a team announces it is relocating to another state.
- Requires a $50 surcharge for every ticket sold for a sporting event hosted by the relocating team.
- Requires a five percent surcharge on every sale made within the sports facility during a sporting event hosted by the relocating team.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does a sports team have to start collecting these surcharges?
What sales inside the stadium are affected by the 5% surcharge?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 5, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 31, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 6428S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment25Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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