The 2024 NFL season has officially begun!
But first, the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs unveiled a banner celebrating their win in Super Bowl LVIII. The Chiefs unveiled the banner just before they faced the Baltimore Ravens, the team they beat in the AFC Championship Game eight months ago.
Highlights of the celebration in Kansas City include:
Rain, rain, go away
An hour before kickoff, a rainstorm hit Arrowhead Stadium, forcing fans from their seats to the concourse area and forcing both teams to complete their stadium warmups and head indoors.
But the downpour quickly passed, and kickoff was soon pushed back to 8:40 p.m. ET, giving the players enough time to warm up after a 40-minute hiatus. A rainbow was also visible near Arrowhead Stadium.
A moment of silence
Before the Chiefs celebrated their Super Bowl LVIII victory once again, they held a moment of silence to remember the victims, including local radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who was killed in a shooting at the Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City on February 14.
noisy celebration
With players from the Chiefs’ previous three Super Bowl teams taking the field, championship owner Clark Hunt welcomed fans back to Arrowhead Stadium and unveiled the latest version of the Super Bowl banner that will hang above the stadium’s press box.
As the crowd roared, Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce’s favorite Beastie Boys anthem, “Fight For Your Right,” blasted from the stadium’s loudspeakers. Four banners honoring every Super Bowl win in Chiefs history were unfurled on the field.
And of course, Kells’ girlfriend Taylor Swift was also in attendance at the festivities.
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