By now, everybody is aware of that Taylor Swift has “a man on the Chiefs,” however no, the NFL didn’t plan the 2024-2024 schedule for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to make it simpler for Swift to attend the group’s video games.
NFL VP of broadcast planning Mike North was requested in regards to the matter throughout a convention name with reporters Thursday and whereas he acknowledged that the league did contemplate Swift’s Eras Tour whereas constructing the schedule (extra on that under), it was not an element when it got here to the Chiefs.
That was even though the Chiefs are set to face the Buffalo Payments in Buffalo Nov. 17, only a brief drive from Toronto, the place Swift is ready to carry out her Eras Tour between Nov. 14 and 27.
“I noticed a whole lot of conspiracy theorists speaking about Kansas Metropolis at Buffalo in the course of the season, proper when Taylor’s taking part in Toronto,” North stated. “That one undoubtedly didn’t hit our radar display.”
That being stated, North did say that the league needed to take the tour into consideration for another group schedules. Particularly the Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Indianapolis Colts, who all play in stadiums the place Swift is scheduled to carry her Eras Tour within the fall.
“We definitely thought of the tour dates that hit NFL stadiums,” North stated. “I believe she’s in Miami, possibly New Orleans, Indy. We definitely thought of these.”
Certainly, these groups are all scheduled to be on the street across the time Swift hits up their cities.
Swift, after all, made a handful of appearances at Chiefs video games final season to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas Metropolis tight finish Travis Kelce. Her appearances within the crowd drove actual viewership, with the league and commissioner Roger Goodell expressing enthusiasm for the youthful, feminine viewers she is bringing to the video games.
“The Taylor Swift impact can be a optimistic,” Goodell stated throughout a Tremendous Bowl week press convention, including that “it’s nice to have her part of it. Clearly it creates a buzz, it creates one other group of younger followers, notably younger girls which might be enthusiastic about seeing, ‘Why is she going to this sport?’ ‘Why is she on this sport apart from Travis?’ She’s a soccer fan. And I believe that’s nice for us.”
Now that the schedule is ready, and the Eras Tour is booked, Chiefs followers should wait and see what number of video games the singer could make. Possibly she will be able to even drive over from Toronto to Buffalo.
