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Taylor Swift has been logging tons of miles as she travels around the world on her record-breaking Elas Tour, and she could add more than 5,500 more one-way miles on Saturday.
This envisions the pop star traveling from the stage in Tokyo, where she performed on Saturday, to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl game with boyfriend Travis Kelce. ing.
Kansas City will be making its fourth Super Bowl appearance in five years. The Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers in a major game Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Swift has already been regularly attending Kelce's games since the two started dating in the fall. However, the travel schedule for the final game of the season is difficult.
With a four-day night show in Japan coming to an end, Swift must cross the Pacific Ocean and return to the United States in time for kickoff.
So will she be able to make it?
In short, yes. The 17-hour time difference works in her favor, meaning Swift will arrive in Las Vegas with plenty of time to spare.
But there are things to consider, including weather patterns and the busy Las Vegas airport during Super Bowl weekend.
This is how it works.
Swift performed four consecutive nights at Japan's Tokyo Dome from February 7th to 10th (she then heads to Australia, where performances begin on February 16th). Doors for her Tokyo concert opened at 4pm local time and the show started at 6pm.
Since there was no opener on her Tokyo tour dates, Swift continued to perform until nearly 6:00 p.m., finishing the show around 9:30 p.m.
Although Swift's exact route has not been confirmed, the closest airport to Tokyo Dome is Haneda Airport, approximately 25 minutes by car. With additional time to account for concert crowds and flight check-in, Swift could be able to travel to Las Vegas an hour after him.
According to Business Insider, Swift just sold a Dassault Falcon 900, one of two multi-million dollar private jets she frequently used during her Elas tour's U.S. leg.
Her remaining jet, a Dassault Falcon 7X, has a range of 5,906 nautical miles. The distance between Haneda Airport and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, near Allegiant Stadium, is 4,821 nautical miles (5,548 miles).
An account manager at Paramount Business Jets (which offers private jet charter flights around the world, including the 7X, but is not affiliated with Swift's plans), was responsible for the transfer from Haneda Airport to Harry Reid International Airport. I estimated that it would take about 10 to 10 and a half hours. On that plane.
That means if Swift leaves Tokyo at 10:30 p.m., due to the time change, she will arrive in Las Vegas around 4 p.m. on Saturday, a full day before the game.
The account manager, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said that as of Jan. 26, there were no slots available to land in Las Vegas for Super Bowl weekend.
“We have four customers who wanted to fly to the Super Bowl, but none of them had a reasonable time to land in Las Vegas, so we had to cancel their trip,” the account manager said. Told.
But Paramount Business Jets CEO Richard Zaher said Monday that the company has parking solutions and could offer additional slots through a deal with another operator. Ta.
“We know it's going to be busy,” said Melissa DeFrank, a spokeswoman for Harry Reid International Airport. She added, “We've been preparing for it for quite some time, but…Super Bowl weekend is always busy in Las Vegas. We're well prepared to handle the heavy traffic.”
Airlines are also bracing for a surge in demand. American Airlines coded its flights in honor of the Chiefs and Swifts. American Airlines added seven nonstop flights arriving at Harry Reid International Airport or Kansas City International Airport from February 8 to 13. Three of the songs are No. 15, named after Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who wears the number 15 on his jersey. Both songs are from 1989, a reference to Swift's chart-topping albums. One is Kelce's jersey number 87, and his other is 1521, which is a combination of Mahomes and safety Mike Edwards' jersey numbers.
“Excitement surrounding this year's sporting events is at an all-time high,” American Airlines said in a statement. “After (Sunday's) game, you can say it's football time, and we're excited to offer nonstop flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas. To our customers who are big sports fans, if you Look what you made us do.”
Swift's travel plans are unclear, and she has not publicly confirmed that she will be attending the Super Bowl. She emailed her publicist, but she did not immediately receive a reply.
But even if Swift doesn't land in Las Vegas, she can still fly to Los Angeles International Airport or Van Nuys Airport and drive the rest of the way.
In this scenario, the flight time to Los Angeles would be approximately 45 minutes shorter, resulting in a flight time of approximately 9 hours and 45 minutes. As a result, Swift could arrive in Los Angeles around 3:30 p.m. local time and clear customs.
Driving time from LAX to Allegiant Stadium is 4 to 5 hours, depending on stops and traffic. In that scenario, she would have plenty of time for pre-game activities and she would arrive in Las Vegas by 8:30pm on February 10th.
Or some much-needed sleep.
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