Once again, pressure tactics are being used to try to get a rolling roof approved for Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.

The project was placed before Jackson County voters several weeks ago and was rejected. However, even before votes were totaled, various Kansas City officials, as well as spokespeople for the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs were suggesting that if the measure was defeated, the question could be brought up again within a short time.

The cost was projected to be approximately $202 million with the Chiefs paying part of the bill and the rest being paid by the city and other sources.

Last week, members of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce agreed to oppose placing the roof plan on the Aug. 8 ballot if the cost and payment percentages were the same as proposed in the previous election.

In the last election, voters were told that unless they approved major renovation plans for both Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums, there was a good chance the teams would leave Kansas City for other sites with more up-to-date facilities. They also enlisted the support of university athletic directors from Kansas and Missouri who are so hungry for added income and possible big paydays from games in Kansas City that they endorsed the projects.

Added to this was the pledge that if voters approved the Kauffman Stadium renovation, major league baseball would schedule an All-Star baseball game in Kansas City. No date was given, but baseball officials said they would give Kansas City the one-day extravaganza if voters agreed to the higher tax.

Not to be outdone, Chiefs officials said that if voters approved the Arrowhead renovation AND the rolling roof, a Super Bowl game would be scheduled in Kansas City sometime before 2015.

As noted above, the stadium renovation projects received a favorable vote, but the rolling roof was defeated.

The roof people are not giving up. The question will be on an August ballot only if Kansas City leaders and Chiefs representatives can come up with a new way to pay for the rolling roof. There still is the carrot of a Super Bowl game and an All-Star game, but only if city officials and Chiefs officials can agree on a cost-sharing plan that meets with the approval of Kansas City Chamber officials. That’s the only way the question will be on the August ballot.

Who knows what other enticements may be offered to get voter approval? Stadium and Chiefs officials already have indicated they want Kansas University and Missouri University football teams to use Arrowhead, but Missouri will not give up a “home” game in Columbia to play in Kansas City. KU, on the other hand, does not seem that reluctant to give up a home game in Memorial Stadium, so maybe the Jayhawks will be playing more games in Kansas City.

Lawrence residents will have no voice in the rolling roof question, but if the issue is on the August ballot, the election’s outcome could play a significant role in upcoming KU football schedules.