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A Year in Review: The legacy of Taylor Swift in Kansas City since the Eras Tour
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – It is no secret that Taylor Swift has the power to bring economic prosperity to the cities she has brought her Eras Tour to, however, one city, now close to her heart, has much more to thank her for.
While no one could have guessed what would happen in the year between her first show in Kansas City to her last show in Amsterdam, Swift has been a force compelling not only herself and the Kansas City Chiefs, but Kansas City as a whole into an international spotlight.
From Swift’s relationship with Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce to her impact on local businesses, one year after the first night of her Era’s Tour, here’s what has happened for Kansas City:
- November 1, 2022 – It is announced that Taylor Swift’s 22nd stop on the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour will be two nights in Kansas City.
- Mid-November, 2022 – Taylor’s fans begin to queue on Ticketmaster before it crashes, leaving them stranded for hours.
- July 2, 2023 – Taylor Swift takes over the Donutology menu.
- July 3, 2023 – Dolce Bakery prepares for the Eras Tour with Swift-themed bakery items.
- July 5, 2023 – Best Regards Bakery & Café seizes the Swift craze and creates themed cookies.
- July 6, 2023 – Fans begin to line up to get merch at the Eras Tour merch trucks in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot.
- July 7, 2023 – Fans converge in Kansas City for the first night of the Eras Tour. Taylor also releases ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ and debuts the album’s first music video at the show.
- July 8, 2023 – Fans enjoy the second night of the Eras Tour in Kansas City.
- July 13, 2023 – Swift makes a generous donation to Harvesters – The Community Food Network.
- July 26, 2023 – Travis Kelce admits he tried to give Taylor a friendship bracelet with his number on it, but was turned down by event staff.
- September 20, 2023 – Jason Kelce confirms the rumors that his brother, Travis, is now in a relationship with Taylor Swift.
- September 24, 2023 – Taylor attends her first game – Chiefs-Bears (recap) – to cheer on her boyfriend.
- September 25, 2023 – Charlie Hustle launches the “In My Red Era” clothing collection.
- September 26, 2023 – Kelce jersey sales jump 400% as Taylor’s fans begin to take notice.
- September 27, 2023 – Travis calls the Chiefs-Bears game the ‘day that went perfect’ with Taylor in a suite at Arrowhead.
- October 1, 2023 – Taylor flies to the Chiefs-Jets game in New York, again to cheer on her boyfriend and begins to make friends with other notable Chiefs spouses.
- October 6, 2023 – Travis opens up a little and says he’s “on top of the world” in his new relationship with the international megastar.
- October 12, 2023 – Reports that Swift will be at the Chiefs-Broncos game at Arrowhead begin to flood in.
- October 12, 2023 – Swift meets the Kelces’ dad at the Chiefs-Broncos game.
- October 22, 2023 – Swift attended the Chiefs-Chargers game in Los Angeles.
- October 25, 2023 – Swift dons an Erimish bracelet, based in Joplin, which has Kelce’s jersey number on it.
- November 10, 2023 – A new report states that football fans are tired of Swift being the focus of NFL games.
- December 3, 2023 – Chiefs lose to the Packers for the team’s first loss with Swift in attendance.
- December 6, 2023 – Swift reveals that she and Travis were a couple well before she attended September’s game.
- December 10, 2023 – Swift attends the Chiefs-Bills game, which Kansas City lost.
- December 11, 2023 – Business flares at Westside Storey after Swift is seen in one of its vintage Chiefs sweatshirts.
- December 17, 2023 – Swift attends the Chiefs-Patriots game with her dad as Kansas City closes in on its 8th straight AFC West title.
- December 21, 2023 – Kansas City area sisters begin to sell Swift-themed treats at their hot chocolate stand to help pay their parents back for Eras Tour tickets.
- December 25, 2023 – Swift attends the Chiefs-Raiders game and spends Christmas in Kansas City.
- December 31, 2024 – Swift attends the Chiefs-Bengals game and spends New Year’s Eve in Kansas City.
- January 13, 2024 – Swift attends the coldest game of the year, Chiefs-Dolphins, with the famous puffer jacket.
- January 15, 2024 – Swift’s puffer jacket, which was made by the wife of San Francisco 49ers Kyle Juszczyk, Kristin, goes viral.
- January 21, 2024 – Swift attends the Chiefs-Bills playoff game as Kansas City advances.
- January 28, 2024 – Swift attends the Chiefs-Ravens AFC Championship game as Kansas City heads to the Super Bowl.
- January 30, 2024 – Reid says Swift is “no distraction” ahead of the Super Bowl and is always welcome.
- January 31, 2024 – EB and Co. struggles to handle sales of its Kelce 87 jersey ring after Swift is seen wearing one.
- February 1, 2024 – Travis thanks Taylor for “joining the team” as he prepares for another Super Bowl.
- February 2, 2024 – Taylor successfully hustles back from Japan to cheer Travis along in the Super Bowl game.
- February 8, 2024 – Olathe Elementary School students make 800 friendship bracelets to ship to Sutter Elementary in California.
- February 9, 2024 – Area dads begin to gush over Swift as she helps them bond with their daughters as they watch football.
- February 12, 2024 – The Chiefs win the Super Bowl with Taylor in attendance.
- February 16, 2024 – Swift donates $100,000 to the funds for Chiefs rally shooting victim Lisa Lopez-Galvan who lost her life.
- April 18, 2024 – Demand for New Heights hats soar as Taylor is seen wearing one with Travis at Coachella.
- April 19, 2024 – Listening parties pop up across the metro as Swift drops her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ Fans begin to notice Easter Eggs about Travis and Kansas City in her lyrics.
- June 14, 2024 – Taylor watches the Ring Ceremony from England.
- June 26, 2024 – The Kelces reveal that the entire family met Taylor as well as the Royal Family at the London Stop of her Eras Tour.
- June/July – Travis is seen at Swift’s international concerts much more as he proudly shows her off each night after the show. He could be seen jetting from the Edwards-Helaire wedding to Europe, to Kansas City for the ring ceremony and back again to Europe.
- July 3, 2024 – Travis gushes about his time on stage with Taylor during the Europe leg of her Eras Tour on his New Heights podcast with Jason.
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Gage Workman came off the bench and hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Riley Greene reached safely four times as the Tigers prevented a three-game sweep.
Called up hours earlier from Triple-A Toledo when Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain, Workman entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning.
Workman drove a 1-1 slider from Nick Mears (2-2) to right field to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.
Wenceel Pérez added an RBI single in the seventh.
Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0), the fourth of six Tigers pitchers, retired all seven batters he faced. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 483rd career save and seventh this season.
Kansas City lost for only the third time in 10 games.
Hao-Yu Lee’s two-out RBI triple off the outstretched glove of Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone opened the scoring in the second. Zack Short walked and Vierling delivered a two-run double off the left-field wall to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
In the third, Kansas City greeted reliever Drew Anderson with three straight hits, scoring their first run on a hit-and-run, opposite-field single by Vinnie Pasquantino, and another on Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly.
In the fourth, Caglianone doubled to left-center and scored the tying run on Maikel Garcia’s third hit, a two-out single to center.
Royals starter Noah Cameron exited after allowing a leadoff hit in the fifth on his 95th pitch. He allowed three runs and five hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
The top three Kansas City batters combined for seven of the team’s eight hits.
Greene has reached base safely in a career-best 21 consecutive games. In 27 games since April 11, he is batting .384 with 13 extra-base hits.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-3, 5.56 ERA) faces Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (2-3, 3.12) on Tuesday night in New York.
Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (1-0, 4.50 ERA) pitches Tuesday in Chicago against White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (0-4, 3.79).
Four teens hurt in southeast Kansas rollover
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Four teenagers are hurt after being in a rollover crash on Sunday.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said a 16-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a Jeep. She went off the road, hit a culvert and rolled.
The crash happened just after midnight near the intersection of North 150th and North streets, northeast of Girard.
Man dead after downtown Wichita shooting
Two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old were passengers in the Jeep. All four teens were hurt and taken to the hospital after the crash.
The driver received suspected serious injuries, and the rest received suspected minor injuries.
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The Detroit Tigers were beaten by the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday night.
Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park home run on a grounder and Michael Massey had a three-run homer for the Royals, who will go for the series sweep on Sunday night.
Witt hit the ball down the right-field line in the first inning that bounced off the wall and eluded right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Witt motored around the bases and beat the relay throw to the plate for a two-run homer.
It was the Royals’ first inside-the-park home run since Witt did it in August 2023.
Carpenter left the game later with left shoulder soreness.
Wacha (4-2) gave up two hits, walked two and struck out six. It was his longest scoreless outing since throwing eight scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on April 11.
Burch Smith (0-2) took the loss. He retired only one of the four batters he faced, allowing two runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
Massey’s homer in the fourth inning came with runners on first and third with two outs. He lined the ball over the right-center field fence for his third homer of the season.
Wacha had at least one strikeout in each of his first four innings. The Tigers loaded the bases in the fifth on a double, a walk and a hit batter, but Wacha got Matt Vierling to ground out to end the inning.
The Tigers scored in the eighth on a two-out double by Riley Greene.
Up next
The teams conclude the three-game series Sunday. The Tigers have not announced a starter, though manager AJ Hinch said it will be a bullpen game. Kansas City will send LHP Noah Cameron (2-2, 5.40 ERA) to the mound.
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