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Taylor Swift arrived in Buffalo to cheer on Travis Kelce and Chiefs in playoffs

Pop star Taylor Swift holds hands with boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as they leave Arrowhead Stadium after an NFL football game on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, in Kansas City.
Pop star Taylor Swift holds hands with boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as they leave Arrowhead Stadium after an NFL football game on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, in Kansas City.

Superstar singer Taylor Swift has ties to upstate New York and she was in the area on Sunday.

But Swift wasn’t there to visit family. She was at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Chiefs in their playoff game against the Buffalo Bills.

As usual, Swift looked stylish when she got to the stadium, and she heard some cheers from people who were on hand.

A story from Syracuse.com noted Swift’s ties to that area go back more than a hundred years.

“Swift’s great-grandmother Eleanor Mayer lived in Dunkirk, N.Y. in the early 1900s,” Geoff Herbert wrote. “Eleanor’s parents, Julius and Delia Mayer — Swift’s great-great-grandparents, originally from Bavaria — owned the Mayer Music Store on Central Avenue in Dunkirk, located about 40 miles southwest of Buffalo.”

Kelces on hand

Speaking of family, Kelce had his own cheering section at the game. Big brother Jason Kelce, the Philadelphia Eagles center, was on hand with their parents Donna and Ed. It appeared that Jason Kelce’s wife, Kylie, was at the game, too.

Jason Kelce wore a T-shirt that said “Big Yeti,” which is Travis’ nickname.

Fans were happy to see Kylie Kelce and Swift chatting before kickoff.

This story was originally published January 21, 2024 at 4:15 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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