Arrowhead Stadium is the 10th oldest stadium in the National Football League, and Kauffman is the 12th oldest in major league baseball.

Since it was dedicated on August 12, 1972, Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium has been one of the jewels in the crown of NFL stadiums. It looks even better today than it did when it opened, and the sleek design means there isn't a bad seat in the house. It's hard to imagine in this glittering era that the Chiefs once had a down time. In those days, as former All-Pro nose tackle Bill Mass remembers, "I went into a gas station and left my car unlocked. I had four tickets on the dash, and I came back out and you'll never believe what happened - there were eight tickets on the dash. Perhaps the lowest day in Chiefs' history came on January 2, 1983, when they drew 11,902 fans to a season ending 37-13 win over the New York Jets. On that same day, the now defunct Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League attracted 15,000 to their game at Kemper Arena.
Times have changed. As a waiting list for season tickets grows, fans pack Arrowhead Stadium to cheer a team that has reached the playoffs every year since 1990. They wear red and gold, wave their banners and pound their tom-toms. While they can be rowdy, it's a good natured rowdiness preserved by Arrowhead's strict policing of drunkenness and obscenity. Arrowhead is one of the league's loudest stadiums and one of the most exciting places to watch a professional football game."
At the time of its dedication in 1972, the legendary founder of the Chicago Bears, George Halas called Arrowhead, "the most revolutionary, future, sports complex I have ever seen." Hal Lebovitz, Sports Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer added, "It took courage to sell the citizens of Kansas City on the twin park plan. But they bought it because they want the best." In the late 1960's, after design and seating capacity concerns caused plans for a single, multi-purpose domed stadium to be scrapped, Kansas City opted to construct two separate stadiums, one for football and one for baseball. Voters approved the Sports Complex bond issue in 1967, which including plans for a revolutionary concept - the world's first rolling stadium roof. Construction cost overruns and project delays caused by a lengthy strike eventually forced the roof concept to be put on hold, but Arrowhead was completed in time for the 1972 season. In 1984, the Jackson County Sports Authority again investigated the feasibility of a dome - this time made of fabric - but that concept too was shelved as being unnecessary and financially impractical. A decade later in 1994, under Arrowhead's continued open-air arrangement, a natural playing surface was installed in the facility for the first time, just one of numerous improvements which have been made under the seven-year direction of Chiefs President, General Manager, and CEO, Carl Peterson. In 1991, a state-of-the-art JumboTron screen was installed, and from 1994 96 other multi-million dollar projects have modernized and expanded the Arrowhead Club, the Chiefs team and office facilities, as well as the stadium's concession areas. Undoubtedly one of the finest facilities in the NFL, Arrowhead and the fans who consistently fill it (43 consecutive sell-outs) have helped produce a distinct home-field advantage for the Chiefs. Since 1992, no NFL team has a better regular season home winning percentage than Kansas City, which has an incredible 27-5 (.844) record. Nearly 30 years after the first plans were being devised for Kansas City's unique two stadium set-up, other metropolitan areas including Cincinnati and Baltimore are, only now, in the process of attempting to construct similar facilities. On the eve of the 1996 season, Chiefs Founder, Lamar Hunt, expressed the organization's thanks to Colorado-based architect, Charles Deaton, who conceived the two stadium concept. Hunt praised the governmental bodies who took the initiative, and the workers who built Arrowhead, as well as the support of the Jackson County taxpayers who financed this future venture. Hunt pointed out that Kansas City's franchise and its fans have now enjoyed America's top football facility for 25 years and that the Silver Anniversary season is an opportunity for the Chiefs organization to collectively express a hearty salute to all who have unquestionably made Arrowhead Stadium - The Home of the CHIEFS!