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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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The Royals plan to stick with Erceg as their ninth-inning reliever. However, manager Matt Quatraro has noticed that the “swing-and-miss” has been absent from Erceg’s arsenal.
“He’s got good stuff, and we’ve seen him at his best with us,” Quatraro said. “And he’s a competitor, and that one (Saturday’s loss) really hurts.
“When you give him the ball, you like your chances. And the last game was a little odd. There were things that happened, you know, in the game against the (New York) Yankees. And this one, he was unable to put the guys away.”
In the last four years, the University of Arkansas has gotten the better of the Kansas Jayhawks in postseason play.
In 2022, the Razorbacks defeated KU football 55-53 in a triple-overtime thriller in Memphis during the Liberty Bowl. A year later, No. 8 seed Arkansas upset No. 1 seed KU (and reigning college basketball champions) in the NCAA Tournament by a single point (72-71) to end Kansas basketball’s chances of a repeat. In 2025, Arkansas pulled off another upset in the Big Dance when the No. 10 seed Razorbacks defeated No. 7 KU 79-72 to advance to the Sweet 16.
Needless to say, there were plenty of Jayhawk fans hoping for revenge this weekend when Arkansas was announced as the No. 2 seed in the Lawrence Regional – and KU baseball delivered in a big way with a sweep over the Razorbacks to reach the program’s first-ever Super Regionals appearance.
KU came from behind in both games to earn a 5-3 victory on Saturday and a 13-10 win on Sunday night at Hoglund Ballpark.
On Saturday, Arkansas took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second before a Tyson LeBlanc RBI tied things up in the bottom of the third. Each team scored two in the fifth and remained deadlocked until KU pulled away late with a Dairel Osoria run in the seventh and a solo home run by Augusto Mungarrieta in the eighth to seal the win.
After Arkansas beat Northeastern in a narrow 10-9 contest on Sunday afternoon, KU and Arkansas met again on Sunday evening in a highly anticipated matchup that saw a lot of offensive firepower on display.
The Razorbacks jumped out to a 5-0 lead through three innings before KU had a monster performance in the top of the fourth. Osoria led things off with a solo home run before Brady Ballinger hit an RBI single to score Jordan Bach and Max Soliz Jr. had an RBI single to score Dylan Schlotterback. Then LeBlanc showed his All-American talents once again in a big moment by hitting a three-run home run to deep center field to put the Jayhawks ahead 6-5.
From there, KU would never relinquish the lead after scoring two runs in the fifth inning and three in the sixth. The Jayhawks tacked on two more in the top of the eighth to give the team its 13th score of the game.
The Jayhawks are now 45-16 on the season – tied for the most wins in a season in program history with the 1993 team that reached the College World Series.
KU will now move on to the Super Regionals which start Friday, June 5. If Oklahoma beats Georgia Tech tomorrow, KU will get the chance to host as they did this week. If Georgia Tech wins, the Jayhawks will head to Atlanta with a spot in the College World Series on the line.
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If the motto to live by is to get 1 hour of movement a day, the Parkinson’s community in Kansas City is exceeding it.
Bob Zipse has been fighting Parkinson’s for 10 years. He said the diagnosis hit him hard.
Leawood’s Parkinson’s Exercise and Wellness Center expands services as diagnoses climb
“I was super depressed. I mean, I was in a chair. Did you want to move? Look around, just horrible. Because there’s no resources. Where do I go with the time?”
Zipse said the disease can be an isolating experience.
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“Parkinson’s, I say, is a very lonely, lonely disease. Either people don’t want to deal with you, or you’re embarrassing.”
He found the Parkinson’s Exercise and Wellness Center at his lowest point. Now, he sees people around him pushing past their limits.
“You see people out here, they’re in the mid-70s, they’re doing push-ups, sit-ups, lifting weights. I mean, it’s amazing, really,” Zipse said. “In here, we’re all the same.”
Sarissa Curry founded the center after seeing the power of healing through exercise and recognizing that diagnosis rates were increasing. An aging population and younger diagnoses are among the biggest factors driving that trend.
Kansas consistently ranks as having one of the highest Parkinson’s disease diagnoses and mortality rates in the United States, second only to Nebraska. According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, an estimated 20,000 people in the Kansas City metro alone are living with the disease.
“You see your neurologist once every six months to a year, and you see a physical therapist maybe a couple of months out of the year. Community-based programs are here every day to support this community,” Curry said.
Curry said the warning signs of rising Parkinson’s rates have been visible for years.
“They have been predicting this increase in Parkinson’s for many years. They were able to see the writing on the wall, they were able to see how the population was aging, and they knew that this was coming. We paid attention.”
She expanded the center to serve as an all-encompassing resource for people like Zipse.
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“I’d hate to wager what I would have been like. Life would have stopped for me, I think. This at least gives me hope, gives me some work towards and see some benefit of it,” Zipse said.
The PEWC will host a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, June 3, at 3:30 p.m. The community is invited to attend to learn more about the center’s services and the disease as incidence rates continue to rise each year.
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