Has anyone seen Rihanna’s show when the football game started? But while the world’s eyes were on his 2023 Super Bowl halftime show, and the Eagles vs. Chiefs game that ran in parallel, billboard We were behind the scenes, fields, concourses and the stadium itself to catch as much of the behind-the-scenes action as possible.
3:15: Jordan Sparks — an Arizona native whose father, Philippi, played nine years in the NFL for the Giants and Cowboys — stopped by the field to talk billboard About the Rihanna songs she was most looking forward to (“Wild Thoughts,” “Run This Town,” “Umbrella”) and her new single, “Stadiums.” “I grew up around sports and soccer and my dad used to play so I know how important a good song to get you in the mood before you come out in moments like this,” she said. .
3:25: Isaiah Pacheco came on the sidelines to cheer up the Chiefs fans before the game. It was probably nice to see Paul Rudd wearing a Pacheco jersey on the sidelines chatting with a small crew before the game. he took off.
5:05: Jay-Z is at home, Lil Uzi Vert is here, and GloRilla is just past Gate 2 of the stadium’s main concourse. When he made it to the big screen, he made a point of building an industry around himself in his hometown rather than moving to a more industry-related hip-hop center.
5:25: Any fan who could pull themselves away from the action on the field would go outside and see about 200 people walking around in puffy canvas suits with black plastic drapes over their heads and shoulders, picking up their phones. Could be seen waiting – and hanging on the drapes. When the wind started blowing around Glendale.
5:54: During the first half’s two-minute warning, a large group of dancers moved inside the stadium and down the back causeway to field level. On the field — and whether Patrick Mahomes’ ankle was injured as badly as it was then, his final two minutes of the game took almost half an hour in real time. Minutes spent pacing in the back of the stadium with nothing else to do before the main show started.
6:22: It’s hard to overstate just how tall Rihanna and her dancers were, and how small those platforms were. It was ugly, with the noise of the crowd and the fireworks, and it was absolutely terrifying.
6:41: The press were quickly kicked off the field after the performance and again encountered a troupe of marshmallow-clad dancers on the back causeway. The dancers also had to put the escalator back up — a small but earned perk as everyone else slowly climbed the ramp. .
8:08: With the inevitable Mahomes gut punch looming, Eagles fans around the concourse completed an astonishing 26-minute turnaround. A fan could be heard lamenting the Eagles’ performance as they exited the stadium minutes later. [tight end Dalls] product. “