For Pete's Sake

This is the moment the Chiefs unfurled Super Bowl LIV championship banner

It’s an NFL tradition for the reigning Super Bowl champion to open the season, and fans commonly refer to this as Banner Night.

That’s because the NFL opener is on a Thursday night. And the defending Super Bowl champion gets to raise a banner proclaiming their championship.

On Thursday night, the Chiefs had their big moment at Arrowhead Stadium.

Here is the moment the banner was raised before the Chiefs took on the Houston Texans:

This story was originally published September 10, 2020 at 7:20 PM.

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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