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Time of India
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Travis Kelce dating Taylor Swift is costing NFL fans hundreds of dollars — and frustrated Chiefs supporters are calling it the ‘Swift tax'
The upcoming NFL season tickets for the Kansas City Chiefs are currently extremely expensive (Credit: Getty Images) With the NFL season on the horizon, Kansas City Chiefs fans are scrambling to get their hands on tickets — and they're paying a premium. Between Patrick Mahomes ' legendary status, the team's championship pedigree, and the added media firestorm brought on by Travis Kelce 's relationship with global superstar Taylor Swift , the demand has skyrocketed. As a result, ticket prices for Chiefs home games at Arrowhead Stadium have reached astonishing levels. The Swift-Kelce spotlight adds new value to Chiefs' game day experience Travis Kelce has long been a fan favorite, but his relationship with Taylor Swift has brought a whole new demographic — and level of attention — to Chiefs games. Whenever Swift is spotted in her VIP suite at Arrowhead, the media frenzy follows. It's what some are calling "The Swift Effect," and it's real. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với sàn môi giới tin cậy IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo With fans now hoping to catch a glimpse of the superstar couple in person, ticket demand has hit historic highs. Add to that the Chiefs' consistent performance and their role as perennial Super Bowl contenders, and you have a perfect storm of ticket inflation. Breaking down the most expensive and cheapest games on the schedule The NFL released the 2025 season schedule, and the Chiefs' home opener is already making headlines. The highly anticipated Super Bowl LIX rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles kicks off the season with tickets starting at $324 in Section 318 — and that's for the upper levels. Another highlight is the September 28 clash with the Baltimore Ravens, with prices beginning at $279 in Section 340. This matchup pits two of the league's most dynamic offenses against each other and is expected to be a sell-out. If you're looking for a more affordable option, the November 23 game against the Indianapolis Colts is your best bet, with resale tickets on StubHub starting at $170. However, with the average "cheap" seat hovering around $200, fans will need to budget carefully. Also Read: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce entangled in Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni lawsuit as private texts become legal flashpoint Despite a tough Super Bowl loss to the Eagles last season, Mahomes and Kelce are hungry for redemption. The fanbase remains fiercely loyal, and the hype only grows with every viral moment — like Mahomes' kids making headlines or Swift being seen in the crowd. As one fan put it, 'If you're a big Chiefs fan, it's definitely worth the effort.' Just be ready to pay for the privilege. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Miami Herald
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
How Coral Gables plans to bring Taylor Swift into our minds and souls in 2025
Coral Gables just may be holy ground for a double shot of Taylor Swift this spring and fall. No, the superstar isn't retooling the Eras Tour for a Miami concert reprise. But Swift's spirit, her messages and her brand are going to be felt within a few miles of one another in the City Beautiful — the first set inside a church and the next in the higher education halls of academia. Think of it as food for your soul and for your brain, Swiftie style. Swift in church and university The first shot of Swift, open to all, is 'The Gospel According to Taylor Swift,' a 60-minute sermon using her music as a theme at Coral Gables Congregational Church on April 27. The sermon will be led by the Rev. Laurinda 'Laurie' Hafner, who has become a community star for her imaginative sermons that blend tradition with the not-so-traditional. 'It seems like the right time to lift Taylor Swift up and to celebrate her music as there is probably not a more timely musician who speaks to the many issues that are confronting us as individuals and even as a nation these days,' Hafner said. 'Issues such as loneliness, community, creating strong young women, courage, truthfulness, grief, changes and love.' The second appearance is in late August when Alyse Lancaster, the University of Miami's vice dean for academic affairs, brings back her popular Mastermind of the Taylor Swift Brand class to UM. Last fall, her initial STC 290 class used Swift's career to teach marketing, advertising and the use of social and traditional media. The class filled nearly 200 seats and was featured on two episodes of Peacock's recent docuseries 'The Swift Effect.' Lancaster's first Mastermind class capitalized on the excitement surrounding Swift's Eras Tour that played three sold-out shows at Miami Gardens' Hard Rock Stadium. Even without a mega tour as a lure, Lancaster is confident the second semester this August, which is open to enrollment for all majors, should do well. Swift certainly has something exciting planned for 2025, Lancaster said, laughing, even if it's just the release of the oft-discussed 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' album package. Sharing Taylor's message Hafner's annual 'The Gospel According to ...' themed sermons utilize the sounds of pop music to spread the gospel, but we're not exactly referencing the catalogs of contemporary Christian pop stars like TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, MercyMe or even yesteryear's Amy Grant. That would be too obvious. Rather, it's the secular music of Jimmy Buffett last year and previously tapped bodies of work from Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga, Gloria Estefan, Fleetwood Mac and Elton John that inspire Hafner's all-ages sermons. Here's how the church flier is touting this year's attraction: Get out the friendship bracelets and your finest glitter clothes and join us for Sunday worship filled with music by this extraordinary storyteller whose honest lyrics provide powerful sermons about loving, losing, grieving, changing, and growing up. 'Many of her songs are inspiring and meaningful sermons in their own right and while she doesn't necessarily write 'religious songs,' many of her songs hold the values, morality and hope of our faith tradition,' Hafner said. And, like UM's Lancaster, she has seen the allure of Swift in person and can capitalize on her brand to feed the mind and the soul. Both women took their daughters to last October's Eras concerts at Hard Rock Stadium. 'I have never received so many requests from our congregation's young people than I have about doing 'The Gospel According to Taylor Swift.' I usually do music that comes from my life — '70s and '80s music because I know and love it best — but Taylor transcends generations,' Hafner said. 'The fact that my 70-year-old self was with my 26-year-old daughter at her concert and we were surrounded by folks of all ages in between and beyond, talks about Taylor's appeal and ability to speak to common issues confronting people of all ages.' If you go ▪ The Gospel According to Taylor Swift sermon is at 11 a.m. to noon, Sunday, April 27, inside the sanctuary at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Blvd., and will stream online at There is no charge. ▪ Mastermind of the Taylor Swift Brand enrollment has begun for UM students. The fall 2025 semester begins Aug. 18.
