Travis Kelce has joked about the cost of bringing his family and friends to Super Bowl LVIII – admitting he is ‘losing all this money’ ahead of Sunday’s game in Las Vegas.
Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up for their fourth Super Bowl appearance in five years on Sunday, where they will aim to become the first team to retain it in almost 20 years. The Chiefs tight end will be cheered on at Allegiant Stadium by an army of friends and family, including brother Jason, mom Donna and, of course, girlfriend Taylor Swift. However, Donna recently claimed she will not be in one of the venue’s VIP suites this weekend as they cost ‘multi-million dollars’ – with Swift and other celebrities expected to pay up to $2.5million for the luxury in Sin City.
But on the latest episode of his and Jason’s New Heights podcast, Travis still joked that he is spending a fortune to make sure his inner circle at least have a ticket for Sunday’s game. ‘I’m not really doing much different other than just counting how much money I’m spending on this damn Super Bowl for family and friends to come,’ he said.
‘Just making sure I’m on top of those finances and losing all this money.’ Unlike when she has watched her son play at Arrowhead on countless occasions in the past, Donna believes she will be mixing it with the fans in Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII rather than taking a seat in a VIP suite alongside Swift. Speaking on the TODAY show, the mother of the Kelce family said the cost of the VIP suites are too much and that she has a regular ticket to the game.
‘You can understand that the boxes in Vegas are multi million dollars so I have a feeling I am not in a box, I am in the stands,’ she said. ‘As far as I know I am in the stands with everybody else because it is a pricey Super Bowl.’ Kelce and the Chiefs are bidding to make history in Vegas on Sunday, with no team winning back-to-back Super Bowls since the New England Patriots in 2005.
Yet as they seek a first championship for almost 30 years, Travis believes the pressure is all on the 49ers this weekend. ‘I feel like until you win that you just feel the pressure, the want and the desire,’ the Chiefs tight end told brother Jason on their New Heights podcast ahead of Sunday’s game.
‘Don’t get me wrong, I want this one more than the first one, I feel like. So I feel like it’s just however you build it up in your mind. ‘For me, it’s not as much pressure – it’s just exciting for the challenge at hand. I’ve been in a few of these big games and there’s like no other game out there man, and there’s no other feeling than being on the field and making plays on the Super Bowl. There’s just no better feeling man than to go out there and find a way to win with your guys.
‘I’m more excited about the challenge than I am feeling the pressure of trying to go back to back, even though I want to be in the tier of NFL players and teams that have done that.’
