Minnesota Vikings-Kansas City Chiefs game prompts the question: Will Taylor Swift show up?

"In your life, you'll do much greater things / than dating the boy on the football team" — Taylor Swift in her song "Fifteen."

October 5, 2023 at 1:38AM
Donna Kelce, left, mother of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, watched the game against the Chicago Bears with pop superstar Taylor Swift, center, on Sept. 24 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Vikings (1-3) might not be the stars of their own show during Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs (3-1), as Taylor Swift has become the world's most unlikely groupie for the reigning Super Bowl champions.

Among rumors that she is dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Swift has made headlines across the country for her very public appearances at Chiefs games, both at Arrowhead Stadium and on the road.

We can only speculate at this point. No reports have been confirmed of her attending the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, and no networks have teased her appearance (Peacock and NFL made a sly reference to Swift before the game last week).

What do Twin Cities social media Swifties and non-Swifties have to say about it?

Some fans are over the whole thing. Swift's appearance at the football games is nothing more than a distraction.

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Some Minnesotans are doubting that Taylor will even appear, and that's a possibility. Ticket prices have gone up since she's been seen at Chiefs games. People also are speculating about the rumored relationship between Kelce and Swift, because apparently nobody would come to Minnesota just for fun.

Either way, the attention on Swift has caught up with the NFL and its fans. She seemed to like Minnesota enough the last time she was here, (she did play 'Dear John' here for the first time in 11 years during her Minneapolis Eras Tour stop). We'll just have to see if she's shaking off her football groupie status and staying home this weekend.

Correction: Previous versions of this story had an incorrect month for when Taylor Swift's tour was in Minneapolis. It was June.

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