Cheesesteaks, art, elephants in Chiefs gear: How KC’s Super Bowl wagers with Philly ended
Before the big game, The Star reported on seven friendly wagers between Kansas City and Philadelphia institutions. On the line was everything from choir performances to artwork loans to dog adoptions. Following the Chiefs’ victory, let’s see how the results stack up.
Queer Choir Contest
The Heartland Men’s Chorus, a local LGBTQ singing group, had a wager with the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus on the outcome of the Super Bowl. The choir in the losing city agreed to perform a song of the winning choir’s choice and post it in a video on social media.
The song in question: We are the Champions, with the lyrics changed to “You are the champions” in honor of the Chiefs win. You can watch the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus perform the song on Facebook here.
Mutt Match-up
Pet adoption organizations KC Pet Project and ACCT Philly held fundraisers ahead of the big game with a special dog adoption price of $57 in honor of Super Bowl 57. Whichever shelter raised less money during this special fundraising period agreed to name 10 adoptable pets after players on the opposing city’s team.
While neither shelter has released an update yet on the outcome of their fundraising campaign, KC Pet Project shared a special announcement following Kansas City’s Super Bowl win: Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi is sponsoring all adoptions for dogs available as of Super Bowl Sunday. That’s a total of 264 dogs available to new homes with no adoption fee.
Battle of the Brookdales
Residents of the Brookdale senior living community at Wornall Place entered into a wager with those at their Philadelphia area sister facility, Brookdale Evesham. Brookdale Wornall Place residents will now enjoy some authentic cheesesteak sandwiches straight from Philly.
Fine Art Feud
In a wager between The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the losing city’s museum agreed to loan a painting to the winning city’s museum.
The Nelson-Atkins will now receive Thomas Eakins’s “Sailing,” a painting from around 1875 depicting two men in a boat, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced on Instagram Tuesday.
Snack Staples Showdown
The chambers of commerce in each Super Bowl state wagered local treats on the outcome of the big game. While neither chamber has posted about the outcome yet on their websites or social media pages, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry will now send the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry a care package containing Yuengling beer, Hershey’s chocolate, Giorgi mushrooms and Peeps.
Wildlife Warfare
The Kansas City Zoo and the Philadelphia Zoo aren’t missing out on the friendly competition. The zoos took to Twitter to announce their wagers: the losing city’s zoo agreed to dress up its iconic animal statues in the winning team’s garb.
Now, the Philadelphia Zoo’s beloved elephant statues are sporting Chiefs gear. The Kansas City Zoo also shared on Instagram that Philly’s zoo has also made a donation to its Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE) program of choice: the Orangutan SAFE program.
Food Bank Brawl
The CEOs of two community food banks entered the competition with a friendly wager over gameday apparel. Kansas City-based Harvesters partnered with Philabundance in a Super Bowl fundraising campaign: whichever food bank raised more money would send the losing food bank’s CEO a package of local team gear to wear with pride.
This wager also didn’t depend on the outcome of the Super Bowl. We don’t know yet who won the fundraiser, but will update this story when either food bank releases more information.
Do you have more questions about the impacts of the Super Bowl on Kansas City? Ask the Service Journalism team at kcq@kcstar.com.
This story was originally published February 22, 2023 at 4:14 PM.
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