While most residents around St. Joseph, Missouri are excited to see just how much the Chiefs training camp being held this summer helps the local economy it's worth remembering that in some ways this is a zero sum game because while this is by most any measure a win for St. Joe it's a loss for River Falls, Wisconsin.
It's a little hard to feel too sad for River Falls because they certainly had their fair share of time hosting the Kansas City Chiefs training camp from 1990 through 2009, an honor most cities with populations of roughly 14,000 never get to experience.
Readers interested in learning more about how this blow is effecting the residents of River Falls, Wisconsin might find it interesting to read this article from Twin Cities.com (linked here) which discusses the void left by the departed Chiefs. If you think the Cleveland economy depended on Lebron James (see 30 mark on this You Tube video) then you might not realize that Cleveland leaning on Lebron is nothing compared to how much River Falls, Wisconsin depended on and loved seeing the Chiefs come to town every summer.
Encore You Tube video about Cleveland:
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