Sam Mellinger on AEG: They’ve given up on Kansas City

If you’re still clinging to the hope that Sprint Center will be the home of an NHL or NBA team, it might be time to give up. Despite AEG’s optimistic spin seven years ago that another big-league team would be KC-bound, the chances of an anchor tenant moving in are all but gone.

The latest proof that Sprint Center will remain just a popular stop for touring acts comes from The Star’s Sam Mellinger in a Friday dispatch from Los Angeles. The columnist reports that AEG has shifted its focus from getting Kansas City another sports team to luring an NFL team to the metropolis. “If you still hold out any hope for a team coming to the Sprint Center,

you should know the company that bragged about making it all happen for

us is no longer motivated to work on our behalf,” he writes. Bummer.