Ripple of excitement at Super Bowl in Las Vegas as TV screens flash Taylor Swift’s arrival

Her gold necklace bore Kelce’s jersey number 87.

Taylor Swift performs at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Swift is one of a galaxy of stars expected to flock to Sunday’s game in the Nevada gambling capital where the Chiefs are aiming to clinch back to back NFL championships.

The singer’s relationship with charismatic Chiefs star Kelce has captivated the NFL and popular culture this season, bringing legions of new female fans to the sport and sending television ratings rocketing.

Swift has regularly appeared at Kansas City games to watch Kelce, and her appearance in Las Vegas is tipped to help set a television ratings record for the Super Bowl, the biggest event on the US sporting calendar.

Kelce, meanwhile, says he is relishing the attention that his celebrity romance has brought, and joked this week that he feels under pressure to win on Sunday after Swift’s record-breaking fourth Album of the Year award at last weekend’s Grammys.

“She’s unbelievable,” Kelce said of Swift. “She’s rewriting the history books.

“I told her I need to hold up my end of the bargain and bring home some hardware, too.”

TMZ reported that Kelce was shelling out more than US$1 million for a luxury suite at Allegiant Stadium, the celebrity news website saying Swift’s mother, Andrea and father, Scott, along with Kelce’s parents Donna and Ed, were among the family members who would be accommodated.

Earlier in the week Donna Kelce told NBC’s Today show she expected to be sitting in the stands because the suites were so expensive.

From Tokyo to the Super Bowl – will Taylor Swift make it in time?

Swift’s presence at Chiefs games and breathless media coverage of her sprint to Las Vegas from Tokyo has been criticised by some fans.

But the singer’s detractors were given short shrift by British music diva Adele during an eve-of-Super Bowl concert at Caesars Palace on Saturday night.

“I’m a bit torn, because I kind of want the 49ers to win … but I think I want the Chiefs to win just because of Taylor Swift’s boyfriend,” Adele told fans at her show, adding in expletive-filled comments that naysayers should “get a life”.

“It’s actually made it a bit more enjoyable to watch, because like I said, I have no idea what’s going on,” Adele quipped.

Kansas City Chiefs fans cheer before the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, US on Sunday. Photo: Kirby Lee / USA TODAY Sports
The NFL has welcomed the new audience Swift has brought to the league, but commissioner Roger Goodell this week found himself dismissing conspiracy theories suggesting the Super Bowl had been rigged in a bid to tip this year’s presidential election in favour of US President Joe Biden.
Goodell said the theories were “frankly not even worth talking about” and on Sunday former president Donald Trump, the front-runner to take on Biden in November, said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday that a Swift endorsement of Biden in the 2024 election would be “disloyal”.

Trump, claiming credit for the Music Modernisation Act, said the legislation addressing copyright law and streaming rights had benefited Swift.

“Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will,” Trump wrote, saying there was “no way” the singer would endorse Biden and “be disloyal to the man who made her so much money”.

“Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!” Trump added.

While Kelce has largely steered clear of public comments on politics, he drew the ire of the right for appearing in ads promoting Covid-19 vaccines.

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