It primarily serves as the home venue of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

It was built at the same time as neighboring Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals, which together form the Truman Sports Complex.

[13] When the Dallas Texans of the American Football League (AFL) relocated to Kansas City in 1963 and were rebranded as the Chiefs, they played their home games at Municipal Stadium.

The loss of the A's was a shock to local sports fans an community leaders and there was a growing sense that government subsidy of a stadium complex would be necessary to keep major league baseball and professional football in the city.

The original design called for construction of side-by-side baseball and football stadiums with a common roof that would roll between them.

[15] This design proved to be more complicated and expensive than originally thought and so was scrapped in favor of a more conventional open-air configuration.

The Chiefs staff, led by team general manager Jack Steadman, helped develop the complex.

Lamar Hunt included an owner's suite, complete with three bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room, to the design of the football stadium.

[19] On November 5, 1972, 82,094 people (the largest crowd to see a game at Arrowhead Stadium) saw the Chiefs defeat the Oakland Raiders, 27-14, to mark their first regular-season victory in their new home.

This practice would eventually spread to the other NFL stadiums as the 1970s progressed, finally becoming mandatory league-wide in the 1978 season (after being used in Super Bowl XII), and become almost near-universal at lower levels of football.

The reason the team made the switch was due to the cold weather tolerance, rapid recovery and aggressive rooting.

[22] Arrowhead Stadium will be one of the hosts for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and it is scheduled to undergo small renovations in the years ahead.

Seating capacity is expected to be reduced in the corners of the end zones to comply with FIFA field regulations.

After John Elway was backed up to his own goal line and unable to even run a play he quickly spoke to referee Gordon McCarter.

[29] That record would be broken by Seattle Seahawks fans at CenturyLink Field on December 2, 2013 at a home game against the New Orleans Saints.

[30] The Chiefs reclaimed the title on September 29, 2014 in a Monday Night Football game against the New England Patriots, hitting 142.2 decibels.

The move was done to boost attendance and revenue: Lewis Field in Stillwater sat less than 50,000 fans at that time, the Huskers were the defending national champions, and with many Nebraska supporters living only a few hours' drive via Interstate 29 from Arrowhead, it made sense for a program which, at the time, one of the Big XII's lesser teams.

2 Northwest Missouri State in the only Division II game to feature the nation's top two teams playing in the regular season finale.

The match ended with Kansas City winning 2-1 with Dimitar Berbatov scoring the only goal for Manchester United on a penalty kick.

[38] Before the bond election, the NFL announced it would award hosting rights of a future Super Bowl to Kansas City provided it would have a climate-controlled stadium.

[40] On August 15, 2007, the Chiefs announced final plans for the renovated Arrowhead Stadium, which would cost $375 million.

The renovated stadium features the Chiefs Hall of Honor, a tribute to Lamar Hunt, and "horizon level" seating in which luxury suite owners sit outdoors.

[42] In 2019, the Chiefs announced multiple renovations for the 2020 season, which included replaced seats in the lower level, a new video display on the East end, and locker room upgrades.