The Kansas City Royals are changing some dates to potentially accommodate their neighbors across the parking lot at the Truman Sports Complex.
The NFL typically has the defending Super Bowl champion open the NFL season with a Thursday Night Football home game. Because of that common theme, the suspected date for the Kansas City Chiefs to open the 2020 NFL season is Thursday, Sept. 10. There was a problem with that date, though. The Royals were originally scheduled to play a game against the Oakland Athletics in the afternoon.
On Wednesday, the Royals announced scheduling changes, creating a doubleheader on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and freeing up Thursday for the Chiefs.
Please note the following Oakland A's-#Royals game date changes in September. pic.twitter.com/0jEKSG2lqX
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 4, 2020
The two Kansas City franchises have collaborated on scheduling issues in the past. The Royals and Chiefs share parking lots at the Truman Sports Complex, and managing games at the same time can be difficult because of that. This change will free up the parking lot for both fanbases.
Given the Royals went through the trouble of changing their schedule, and mentioned the Chiefs potentially opening the season on Sept. 10 in their press release, expect that to be the case. The question everyone now wants to know the answer to: Who will the Chiefs open the 2020 season playing against? The NFL typically reveals their schedule in mid-April, so we should know the answer in just over a month’s time.