Who’s going to win Super Bowl 58, the San Francisco 49ers or the Kansas City Chiefs?
Will the winner go to Disney World in Orlando?
If Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is picked to visit the “most magical place on Earth,” what are the odds he’ll bring his main squeeze Taylor Swift?
Burning questions, we know, and we’ll find out Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 11. Here’s what we do know about the game, Swift and Kelce’s plans to see each other, and the long-running “I’m going to Disney World!” tradition.
Super Bowl Sunday is America’s unofficial national holiday. Even people who care less about the NFL watch the Super Bowl for — take your pick — the commercials, the halftime show with this year’s performer Usher, the pregame show, the parties and because there is nothing else on TV during that time slot. All are why the Super Bowl is the top-rated television show every year, and Super Bowl broadcasts fill the list of the Top 10 watched TV programs of all time.
Super Bowl 58 between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. The game will be played at Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders. Super Bowl 58 will air on CBS.
Four years ago, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida. On Super Bowl Sunday — America’s unofficial national holiday — the two meet again in Las Vegas in the biggest sporting event in the country.
That 31-20 win in 2020 marked the beginning of an era of dominance for the Chiefs. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named Super Bowl MVP after leading a 10-point fourth-quarter comeback with two touchdown passes, and coach Andy Reid won his first Lombardi Trophy.
The Chiefs would make four of the five Super Bowls this decade. The team won its second championship last season in a 38-35 back-and-forth bout with the Philadelphia Eagles, with Mahomes again claiming MVP honors after throwing three TDs.
Swift has been to 12 Chiefs games this season, including each of the playoff games.
On Saturday, Feb. 10, the day before the Super Bowl, Swift will be performing in Japan for her Eras Tour. Despite the time difference, however, she could potentially still make it to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to watch the big game.
There have been exceptions over the years, but for the most part, certain players from the winning team, usually the MVP (or most valuable player) visit Disneyland or Disney World the day after the Super Bowl. Here’s a recap of the past five years:
It’s not known when Taylor Swift will arrive in Las Vegas to support boyfriend Travis Kelce, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, for Super Bowl 58. She will have traveled from Japan following her Eras Tour concert to the U.S. for the big game.
Typically, the MVP of the game is chosen to attend a Disney theme park, either Disneyland in Anaheim, California, or the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
We’ll find out on Super Bowl Sunday who will win, who will be chosen to go to a Disney theme park, and whether that Disney theme park will be in California or Florida. If the Chiefs do win, will Mahomes and Kelce represent the team at Disney, and will they bring their significant others, wife Brittany Mahomes, and superstar Swift?
Only time will tell.
Contributing: Nick Pugliese, Palm Beach Post
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