Taylor Swift arrived at Arrowhead Stadium to watch Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL playoffs as they begin their bid for a historic third Super Bowl.
The music sensation flew to Kansas City from New York on her private jet earlier Saturday after being spotted dining at Nobu with her family on Friday night.
She was then filmed arriving at the stadium with her parents on Saturday afternoon.
It's Swift's first Chiefs game in almost a month. Their most recent appearance was on December 21 when Kelce and his teammates defeated the Houston Texans, whom they will also play on Saturday.
They finished the regular season with two road games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos and had a bye week for the wild card round of the playoffs.
Swift only missed one Chiefs home game during the entire regular season, and that was due to a clash with the latest run of his sold-out Eras Tour show.
Taylor Swift arrived at Arrowhead Stadium to see Travis Kelce and the Chiefs
In that game, he saw his man and his teammates win 27-19, and they will be heavy favorites over CJ Stroud and the Texans again on Saturday.
The singer has yet to take her place in the stands at any Chiefs road game this season, skipping visits to Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Buffalo and Carolina, among others.
If the Chiefs win on Saturday, Swift will likely return to Arrowhead next weekend for the AFC Championship Game, where Kelce and his team would face the winner of the game between the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
The winner of that game reserves their spot in New Orleans for the Super Bowl on February 9.
This week it emerged that Chiefs fans lucky enough to be sitting near the Kelce family suite from where Swift will watch the game must follow a strict set of rules that security helps enforce.
A Chiefs fan who was sitting just feet from Swift when she watched the Chiefs against the Texans in December says she was told not to take pictures or ask for an autograph and that she had extra ticket screening when she got to her section. of the stadium.
Explaining the experience on TiKTok, the fan named Carley said, “She's like a fan when she's there, which is cool.”
“She was talking about the referee, how he was in a previous game and talking to us outside the suite.
“It was great to have those human interactions with her as if she were another Chiefs fan.
“The windows in the suite were open throughout the game, closed during halftime, and closed almost immediately when the game ended.
'Taylor moved around the suite a lot, when the Chiefs were on defense she would go to the back of the suite and do whatever. When the Chiefs were on offense, she would return to the front row of chairs.
'There was security and they checked our tickets before entering section 119. They asked us not to ask for photographs because that would cause a swarm.
'Do not pass anything through the window, do not ask for autographs or reach into the suite.
'The security was there, it wasn't very strict or aggressive or anything like that. There were no bodyguards in the stands, I'm sure there was someone in the suite. It wasn't crazy.'
Gracie Hunt, daughter of Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, said this week that Swift's presence increased the team's fan base by more than a third.
talk to peopletThe 25-year-old shared that Swift increased the club's fan base by 30 to 40 percent since attending her first match in September 2023 in the Genesis of her relationship with Kelce.
Hunt also called Swift's entrance into Chiefs Kingdom “surreal” and “special” while praising the 14-time Grammy winner.
“She's absolutely incredible, as everyone knows, and it's been a very special time for her to be a part of Chiefs Kingdom,” Hunt said. “She is as beautiful and wonderful as you ever imagined, so intelligent and intelligent.”
Swift's impact on the Chiefs' ratings and attendance is no surprise, as she influenced their cult fan base to tune in to the reigning NFL champions.
Ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl, 16 percent of American shoppers confirmed that it influenced their decision to spend on the game.
Additionally, the New York Times reported in February that regular-season viewership was up 7 percent from the previous season.
Aside from her impact on fans, Hunt praised the 35-year-old singer-songwriter for her choice of clothing during Chiefs games.
Swift's iconic outfits included a vintage Chiefs leather jacket and a custom quilted jacket made by fellow NFL WAG Kristin Juszczyk.
Hunt previously praised Swift's December 2023 romance with Kelce.
“First of all, I think we're all very excited to see two such phenomenal people happy,” he said on 'OutKick the Morning.'
'I mean, it's so easy for us to root for each other and for the whole world to root for them because they're wonderful for each other, and it's been so fun to watch this love story unfold. “It has been very special to see how happy they are.”
More to follow.