The Kansas City Royals’ offseason has been busy, as they’ve made major roster transactions and are deciding where their home stadium will be after 2030. However, their broadcasting situation is also in limbo.
The Royals announced in November that they would broadcast their games on FanDuel Sports Kansas City again, but that could now change before their season begins on March 27, per The Kansas City Star. There’s a chance that Main Street Sports Group, FanDuel Sports’ parent company, could dissolve by then, per Sports Business Journal’s Tom Friend.
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“Main Street Sports Group has missed a December payment to the St. Louis Cardinals as it continues to pursue a last-ditch sale to DAZN, and sources told SBJ late Saturday that if the DAZN purchase does not close by January, Main Street will wind down and dissolve its business at the end of this year’s NBA and NHL regular seasons,” he wrote.
DAZN is a British sports broadcasting platform originally founded in 2007 as “Perform Group” before rebranding to DAZN in 2015. The NBA and NHL regular seasons end in April, which is the early portion of MLB’s regular season.
“The wind-down scenario means the broadcast rights to a combined 30 franchises in the NBA, NHL and MLB would revert back to the teams — creating seismic change in local TV and likely accelerating national streaming RSNs for both the NBA and MLB,” Friend continued.
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However, Main Street is still working to secure a deal.
“Main Street Sports Group is in discussions with certain team partners around the timing of their rights payments as we progress discussions with strategic partners to further enhance our long-term capital position,” a source told SBJ.
Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia (11) and shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7). © Denis Poroy-Imagn Images
Kansas City has had an active offseason on multiple fronts after missing the playoffs in 2025. The club signed star third baseman Maikel Garcia to a five-year, $57.5 million extension with an option for a sixth, while also acquiring outfielders Lane Thomas and Isaac Collins as well as relievers Nick Mears and Matt Strahm, per its transactions page.
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On top of that, the Royals are deciding whether or not they’ll move to downtown Kansas City, Missouri eventually, as their lease at Kauffman Stadium is up in 2030. The Kansas City Chiefs, who currently play in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium (next to Kauffman) will move to Kansas after that year.
Meanwhile, there are still several weeks left for more developments to occur in Kansas City’s offseason.
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‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.sports.yahoo.com ’
