The Kansas City Chiefs remain focused on chasing a potential three-peat, but the franchise took one final moment on Thursday to celebrate yet another successful season.

Following the conclusion of mandatory offseason minicamp, Kansas City held its second straight red carpet ceremony. They also revealed their Super Bowl LVIII rings, forever commemorating a historic moment in team history. While this event is nothing new to Andy Reid’s club, it’s something no one takes for granted given the challenge of routinely winning at the highest level.

Speaking to the media on Thursday afternoon, Reid shared his message to the team regarding the ring ceremony and the club’s mindset once it passes.

“I said that at the first minicamp or the first OTA, whatever you want to call it,” Reid said. “It goes by fast. Once you get through that parade, you’re kind of off and heading in the direction of the new season. But I don’t want to slight tonight, because there’s a lot that goes into that and there’s a lot of hard work that’s gone into it, and this is kind of the reward for it. But I think the guys know it’s going to be nice to get the ring, but they’ve moved on.”

Friday is for turning the page, but Thursday was for painting the town red (and gold). With that in mind, let’s take a look at some highlights from the red carpet and subsequent ring ceremony.

Travis Kelce shows up in style (and silence)

Reids on the red carpet

Chiefs brass chimes in on Kansas STAR bonds (THREAD)

Patrick Mahomes flashes his championship bling

Justin Reid shares an up-close look at his Super Bowl LVIII ring

Trent McDuffie has only known winning championships

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Business owners are excited about the impending sale of the Country Club Plaza. The Kansas City mayor said the sale is ready to happen.

Some store owners have been located on the Plaza for years, others are thinking about filling a vacant storefront with word of the sale.

Mayor Quinton Lucas calls it one of the most exciting things bound to happen in Kansas City this year.

In spite of being well beyond the Dallas based buyer’s original goal of closing the deal by the end of 2023, Lucas said it will happen soon.

“It is imminent, it is impending and it’s exciting,” Lucas said.

“Everybody’s excited about this sale,” owner of Larissa’s Plaza Tailor Shop Michael Naumov said.

For more than 20 years, Naumov and his family have owned Larissa’s Plaza Tailor Shop. He said several vacant store fronts now plague the plaza.

“I don’t think I’ve seen this many empty stores, since Houston’s closed and Zacolo’s closed, and Chuy’s closed, “and a lot of restaurants closing and leaving,” he said.

He hopes the impending sale of the Plaza means new life and more foot traffic.

“We’re a small independent family-owned business. So, for us it’s a little easier,” Naumov said. “for more corporate bigger stores, restaurants it’s a lot hard, it definitely affects it.”

Lucas said the deal will be signed soon.

He went to Dallas in the spring to mee with the owners of Highland Park Village, the potential buyers. Lucas said people can expect the ownership group to bring back unique brands and local businesses, along with more office space and housing.

“I think exciting for us to be able to say how can we look at a regeneration of retail opportunities, dining opportunities, or public safety, which the group, Highland Park Village in Dallas, has spent a lot of time working on, and I really think it really will be a public private partnership.”

He also believes public safety will be a priority.

“I think it really will be a public-private partnership, not just in funding and looking at any type of support that they may look at from the city of Kansas City, but also, in how we can do safety better, how through more private security, working closely with KCPD, to make sure everyone can feel safe when they’re on the Country Club Plaza,” Lucas said. “So I think this is one of the most exciting things that is bound to happen in Kansas city this year.”

Domhnall Molloy is a co-owner of the Summit Restaurant Group. They just opened a ninth restaurant in the Kansas City metro and own eateries like 3rd Street Social and Summit Grill.

He said they’ve looked at the plaza a few times, but never made the jump due to expensive hurdles that worked against them.

Molloy said he’s hopeful that could change with new ownership of the Plaza.

“Hopefully with the new ownership, maybe they’ve got a better deal, and they’re able to make rent more aligned with the market and hopefully we can get some more independent restaurants back on the Plaza,” Molloy said.

“I definitely just want to see more businesses,” Naumov said, “less empty stores.”

He’s looking forward to a change in ownership of the Plaza.

The Kansas City Chiefs have dominated a lot of teams in recent years, but who have they played the best against?

Let’s look at who they have the best records against, according to Pro Football Reference.

Younger Chiefs fans might not remember this but for 25 years, the Seahawks resided in the AFC West and therefore played the Chiefs frequently. In 2002 when the Texans entered the NFL, divisions had to be reworked and the Seahawks were sent to the NFC West.

None of that changes the fact that the Chiefs have had tremendous success against the Seahawks during their history, owning a .642 winning percentage against Seattle. The Chiefs have won four of their last five match-ups against the Seahawks with the most recent win coming on Christmas Eve in 2022 (a 24-10 victory), which was the only time these two had ever played each other on a Saturday.

The Chiefs don’t play the Falcons very often since they’re in different conferences but when they have met up, it’s been all Chiefs. KC holds a winning percentage of .700 against the Falcons and have won 70% of their match-ups against Atlanta.

The Chiefs are riding a two-game win streak against the Falcons with their latest victory coming in 2020. It was a narrow 17-14 win. The last time the Falcons took down the Chiefs was in the season opener of the 2012 season when Atlanta blasted KC to the tune of a 40-24 victory. It’s been all Chiefs ever since though.

Sticking in the NFC South, the Chiefs have had plenty of success against the Panthers, posting a .714 winning percentage and a 5-2 record over Carolina. The two have only played each other seven times due to the Panthers entering the league in 1995 and residing in the NFC.

The Chiefs are riding a three-game win streak over the Panthers, which started in 2012. Every win has been by six points or fewer though so it’s not like the Chiefs have just demolished Carolina every time the two have met up.

Second on the list is the Cardinals, who the Chiefs own a .750 winning percentage over and have won 10 games against while only dropping three (and recording a rare tie, which oddly enough happened in the two franchise’s first-ever meeting against each other). The Chiefs have won two in a row against Arizona with the most recent win coming in the season opener of the 2022 season.

The last time the Chiefs lost to the Cardinals was in the 2014 season and it was a close 17-14 defeat. The Chiefs ended up missing the playoffs by one game that year so a lot of fans circled that game as the reason why KC didn’t make the postseason that year.

The team that the Chiefs have had the most success against in the NFL is none other than the Washington Commanders. They own a .909 winning percentage against the Commanders franchise and have only dropped one game to them ever and that happened in 1983 when Washington was good and the Chiefs were bad.

Since that loss, the Chiefs have won eight straight games against Washington. The most recent win came in 2021 when Kansas City handled the Commanders with ease, winning 31-13.