Kansas City Chiefs fans pack churches, take to social media ahead of Super Bowl
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and Kansas City Chiefs fans are showing their support for Chiefs Kingdom in churches across the metro and on social media.
“Church this Super Bowl Sunday in #ChiefsKingdom: More people than usual. Sea of red. Usher wearing Mahomes headband and hair,” said The Star reporter Laura Bauer in a tweet.
“And Pastor wearing a T-shirt saying (she said it quickly, so I may have missed a word), ‘All I need today is a little Chiefs and a whole lot of Jesus.’”
Support for the Chiefs was not just coming from those in churches either.
The crew of the USS Kansas City sent a video with a good luck message to the Chiefs.
And in what may be considered a betrayal in the Golden State, Ziggy, a harbor seal at the Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens, made her pick for the Super Bowl.
Hint: It wasn’t the 49ers.
Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas greeted the day wishing everyone a “Merry Chiefsmas!!!””
And Missouri Gov. Mike Parson tweeted Sunday morning that he had just arrived in Miami.
“GO CHIEFS!” he said.
Actor Eric Stonestreet tweeted out advice on Twitter for Chiefs fans.
“Listen, those of you going to the game, I know what you know what to do,” Stonestreet said in the video. “I know you know to be loud and disrupt the San Francisco 49ers offense as much as you can.”
For those at home or other locations watching the game, Stonestreet said there were things they could do, too.
“You’re going to do the exact same thing,” he said. “And get down in a three-point stance when we are on defense. You can burst off the ball and you can scream at the top of your lungs just like I’m going to be doing in Hard Rock Stadium. So come on Chiefs fans, let’s do this on three. One . . . two . . . three . . . ”
The Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, the site of Super Bowl LIV, appeared ready for the game later in the day.
The Star’s photographer Rich Sugg captured these views from the Chiefs’ endzone Sunday morning.
All across the metro, excited fans threw their support behind the Chiefs, who were last in the Super Bowl 50 years ago.
Star reporter Laura Bauer contributed to this report.
This story was originally published February 2, 2020 at 11:36 AM.
