Florida Everblades hockey team proposes date night for Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce
The Florida Everblades decided to get in on the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce mania sweeping the nation on Monday.
The minor league hockey organization based in Southwest Florida posted a photo on its Facebook page showing two reserved seats in one of the suites at Hertz Arena in Estero − one with Kelce's name on it and the other with Swift's name.
Above the photo on Facebook it said "BREAKING: Travis Kelce reserved a suite for the Everblades Opening Night on October 28th."
The entertainment and professional sports worlds collided in a big way on Sunday afternoon when the mega-singer Swift attended the Kansas City Chiefs NFL game against the Chicago Bears.
Swift was on hand to watch Kelce, one of Chiefs' stars. She was caught on camera throughout the game in a suite at Arrowhead Stadium sitting next to Kelce's mother. Swift jumped from her seat when Kelce caught a touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes on the way to a Kansas City victory.
Rumors have been swirling that the Grammy-award winning singer and the Chiefs tight end, a winner of two Super Bowls rings, have been seeing each other. This public display on Sunday, including Swift and Kelce walking out of the stadium together after the game, then driving away in a convertible, basically lit social media on fire.
According to USA TODAY, neither Swift or Kelce have publicly confirmed their relationship beyond her Sunday appearance at the game.
Kelce attended Swift's Eras Tour concert at Arrowhead Stadium in July.
The Everblades open their 2023-24 home season on Oct. 28 at Hertz against the Jacksonville Icemen at 7 p.m.
One problem with their plan to bring Swift and Kelce together again at a sports event: Kelce and the Chiefs are scheduled to play a game in Denver against the Broncos on Oct. 29. Concert-wise Swift is free. The second leg of her wildly popular Eras tour starts on May 17 in Solna, Sweden.
Needless to say, people in the comments thread for the Everblades' Facebook post were having some fun with it:
"Rumors have it that she will be singing the national anthem."
"What about his (Kelce's) mom??!!"
"If they last until then."
Who is Taylor Swift?
From USA TODAY:
In August Swift performed the final show of the first leg of Taylor Swift's Eras tour, the culmination of a monumental musical odyssey both for the singer and the more than 2 million fans who attended − and one sure to go down in music history.
Over the five months of the tour's first leg, Swift performed her over three-hour long set of nearly 45 songs, set the record for No. 1 albums by a female artist, boosted the economy according to the Federal Reserve, might become the first artist to have a tour gross over $1 billion and perhaps single-handedly brought more sequins to football stadiums across America than any other person in history.
Who is Travis Kelce?
From the Kansas City Chiefs website:
More: A Swiftie's guide to Travis Kelce: What to know about Kansas City Chiefs tight end
11th-year tight end in his 11th season with the Chiefs.
Originally entered the NFL as the first of two third-round picks (63rd overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Kelce holds the record for most receptions by any NFL tight end in their first 10 seasons with 814 catches.
Currently has 35 regular season games of 100 receiving yards or more, which is the most such games in team history and is the most 100-yard games by a tight end in league history.
His 144 receptions of 20 or more yards is a franchise best for all pass catchers.
Who are the Florida Everblades?
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida that plays in the ECHL. They have won the conference's Kelly Cup the last two seasons.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce have free seats to minor league hockey game
