These headed to Arrowhead Stadium for the playoff sport between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Miami Dolphins Saturday evening had one precedence of maintaining heat.
Simply earlier than kickoff, temperatures in Kansas Metropolis fell to minus 3 levels Fahrenheit. Twelve-mph winds made the temperature really feel nearer to minus 21.
Taylor Swift was amongst those that braved the chilly, sporting an oversize Travis Kelce jacket together with his identify and quantity.
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Patrick Mahomes, left, and Blaine Gabbert of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs sit on the bench earlier than an AFC wild-card sport towards the Miami Dolphins at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Photographs)
Taylor Swift wears a Travis Kelce jacket as she arrives for an NFL wild-card playoff sport between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (AP Picture/Ed Zurga)
Kelce was amongst gamers sporting additional headgear to maintain their heads insulated. Gamers warming up have been red-faced, and their breath was seen within the frigid temperatures.
The climate was a serious concern amongst NFL followers after officers postponed the Buffalo Payments-Pittsburgh Steelers sport in Orchard Park, New York, because of climate. Robert Griffin III implored the NFL to do the identical with the Chiefs-Dolphins sport.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa warms up earlier than a wild-card playoff sport towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (AP Picture/Ed Zurga)
Followers tailgate outdoors Arrowhead Stadium earlier than an NFL wild-card playoff sport between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (AP Picture/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Miami Dolphins followers are bundled as much as courageous the brutal chilly earlier than an AFC wild-card playoff sport between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs Jan. 13, 2024, at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
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Kansas Metropolis Mayor Quinton Lucas maintained that town was “playoff prepared” regardless of the harmful chilly.
The sport will doubtless go down as one of many coldest in NFL historical past.
The 1967 “Ice Bowl” between the Inexperienced Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys was performed in minus 13-degree climate with a wind chill of minus 48.
Harrison Butker of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs warms up earlier than an AFC wild-card sport towards the Miami Dolphins at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Photographs)
Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs arrives at Arrowhead Stadium previous to going through the Miami Dolphins in an AFC wild-card sport Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Photographs)
Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs warms up earlier than an AFC wild-card sport towards the Miami Dolphins at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Photographs)
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In 2016, the Minnesota Vikings performed within the third-coldest sport in NFL historical past. The wild-card matchup was minus 6 levels at kickoff, with a wind chill of minus 25. The sport was performed at TCF Financial institution Stadium.
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