Wizards to stick in Kansas City for '06

By Robert Rusert / MLSnet.com StaffKANSAS CITY -- Wizards investor/operator Lamar Hunt announced Tuesday that the team will stay in Kansas City for the 2006 season. Hunt called a press conference at The Pavillion at Arrowhead Stadium to announce the team will continue to play its games at the home of the NFL's Chiefs while negotiations with potential ownership groups continued and plans for securing a soccer-specific stadium developed. "As announced one year ago Hunt Sports Group is intent on transferring the team to local investors as soon as the development of a Kansas City area soccer complex is assured," read the accompanying press release. "We have found that local investors are interested in acquiring the team conditioned on the stadium development. We understand their reluctance to take on the team operations without the assurance of an appropriate stadium."