Travis Kelce’s former Chiefs teammate: NFL ‘taking advantage’ of players by not providing enough Super Bowl tickets, suites

LAS VEGAS — Orlando Brown Jr., who will play with Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2023 Super Bowl, believes that when considering how many tickets to give each player for this year’s big game. The NFL needs to be “more realistic.” ,

“They’re taking advantage of players knowing that people like Christian McCaffrey’s family members are public figures – along with his father. [retired NFL pro Ed McCaffrey] Who is she and who is she apparently with, [Olivia Culpo]the 27-year-old offensive tackle told Page Six exclusively at the Playmakers Party presented by FHM Magazine and Babes in Toyland at the Aziello Ultra Lounge in Las Vegas on Thursday.

“It is unfortunate that they take such an approach. I think they should be able to make the suites more affordable for people.

Christian’s mother, Lisa McCaffrey, shockingly revealed last week that her son, who plays for the San Francisco 49ers, and his impressive fiancée can’t afford the suites because they cost so much.

“We looked at a suit and neither of us could afford it,” Lisa said on the “Your Mom” ​​podcast. “Not even Christian, there are moneybags in there – and no moneybags, Olivia.”

The revelation caused Culpo, 31, to quickly buy a suit for his future mother-in-law, but Christian, 27, pushed back on that decision, saying earlier this week he would “pay anyone” to see her play. Won’t let me do it.”

Kelsey’s mother, Donna Kelsey, recently revealed that she, too, likely won’t be in a suite because “boxes in Vegas cost millions of dollars,” and so she’s “feeling” she’ll be sitting in the stands.

It’s still up in the air where the Chiefs tight end’s girlfriend, Taylor Swift, will see him play if she gets to Allegiant Stadium on time from Japan, where she is performing on her Eras Tour.

A source exclusively told Page Six last week that the suites could cost anywhere from $200,000 to $3 million and are always subject to change.

Brown, who now plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, explained to Page Six that although “it varies by team,” most players get two comped tickets and are able to purchase anywhere from 15 to 20 tickets for loved ones. Are capable.

“I bought a lot of tickets last year,” the NFL star said before recalling how much money he actually spent to take his family members to play in Super Bowl LVII in Arizona.

“Oh man, [I spent] 60 grand, something around there,” he said. “Yeah, a lot of money.”

However, Brown said he did not feel he had been “duped” by being asked to pay for the tickets – even though he believed the price was high.

This year, the pro athlete will watch Super Bowl LVIII from “home” and support his former teammates.

“I’m supporting them in a big way,” Brown said of the Chiefs. “I think they’re going to get him another ring. I just feel like they have the recipe.

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“They have all the right pieces, all the right people – coaches, and that’s what they do. They’re going to get it done.”

As far as his friend and former teammate’s romance with Swift, 34, the football player thinks what the Grammy winner has done by bringing more fans to the NFL is “pretty cool.”

“I think it brings a different element to the game and enables young women or young girls who are big Taylor Swift fans to watch it, I mean, it makes the game even bigger and bigger,” Brown said. Is.” Page Six.

He said of athletes who might be upset by questions involving the pop star, “I haven’t really met anyone I would personally say was upset, but I mean, if that’s the case, it doesn’t affect them. Do it.”