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The most highly anticipated Super Bowl in history is underway, with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the San Francisco 49ers in front of Taylor Swift and hundreds of other A-list celebrities in Las Vegas – and the rest of the world is watching!
The action started shortly before 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM local time) at Allegiant Stadium, after country music icon Reba McEntire sang the national anthem.
Swift had returned from Japan for the match after playing four consecutive nights on her Eras Tour in Tokyo. She’ll be lumped into a suite — which boyfriend Travis reportedly paid $1 million for — with the rest of the Kelce family, her own mom and dad, and friends Ice Spice and Blake Lively.
She was seen giving Kelce’s older brother Jason a hug as they were reunited and he then introduced himself to American rapper Ice Spice – scenes that NFL fans never thought possible when the season started in September.
The Chiefs won the pregame coin toss and deferred, leaving the 49ers with the ball in the battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Taylor Swift returned from Japan to cheer on Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl in Las Vegas
Swift returned to take her place in the $1 million Kelce family suite, with her crew and his family sitting one row behind her
The 34-year-old Kelce, one of the Chiefs’ star men, looked typically cool and collected during warm-ups
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (center) gives a late team talk in Kansas City as Kelce stood next to him
For Travis and the Chiefs, the game finally getting underway draws a line under two weeks of intense build-up, with the tight end in particular receiving a new wave of attention thanks to his girlfriend.
A win for Kansas City would see the team join a unique club of consecutive Super Bowl winners, but history is also at stake for San Francisco.
If they win tonight, they will join the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers for a record six Super Bowl titles.
But it was a nervous start for one of the 49ers stars in Christian McCaffrey — Olivia Culpo’s partner — as he recorded his first fumble since Week 7 — a three-and-a-half-month run.
Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick, took the field with their children before the game
Rapper Jay-Z stood on the field at Allegiant Stadium in Vegas ahead of the Chiefs-49ers game
The Swifties still entered the stadium for the biggest night on the American sports calendar
While there is a lot of attention on the Chiefs, the 49ers could seal a record-tying sixth Super Bowl with a win