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  • The usual spectacle of the Super Bowl feels a little bit bigger than normal this year.

  • Let's head back out to Dana Jacobson in the Legion stadium in Las Vegas.

  • Dana, why is that?

  • Well, let me think, let me think.

  • Well, we'll get to in a second.

  • You know, the NFL is hosting the Super Bowl in America's Entertainment Capital for the first time ever.

  • That's one reason, but the league could not have imagined the additional attention pro football is getting thanks to the help of one of the biggest stars in the world.

  • Jamie Ucas is here with us with a look at what's being called, is it either the Swift Effect, the Taylor Effect, the Travis Taylor Effect?

  • It's all of it.

  • I mean, when you talk to people, right, everyone is talking about Taylor whether you like it or not.

  • So ever since pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce went public with their relationship.

  • You remember in the fall, right? - Of course.

  • How could you forget? They've been the talk of both the entertainment and sports world,

  • but Swift's involvement in what will likely be the most-watched television event of the year is having a big impact, both culturally and economically.

  • Whether it's her chart topping albums, sold out concert tour, her Blockbuster movie or her status as Time Magazine's Person of the Year, it's been hard to miss Taylor Swift.

  • And now that visibility extends to pro sports.

  • There she is, Taylor Swift.

  • The 34-year-old pop superstar has become a fixture at NFL games this season as her romantic partner, Travis Kelce, lights up the scoreboard for the Kansas City Chiefs.

  • Touch down. Travis Kelce. Kelce finds a blank space.

  • And even though she's not scheduled to perform, Swift's mere presence at the Super Bowl is grabbing the attention of people who may not otherwise watch.

  • It's the ultimate love story.

  • I mean, it's the cute girl and the handsome guy and you've got all the Swifties that were not into football that are now.

  • A poll out this week finds 41% of 18 to 34-year-olds say a potential Swift-sighting is influencing their decision to tune in.

  • There is no way that I could have scripted that one.

  • NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is welcoming the extra attention.

  • Viewership surged particularly among women after Swift first appeared at the Chiefs game in October.

  • And Kansas City's most recent playoff games against Buffalo and Baltimore set records with more than 50 million people tuning in.

  • It creates another group of young fans, particularly young women that are interested in seeing why is she going to this game?

  • Why is she interested in this game? Besides Travis, she is a football fan.

  • The Super Bowl will cap off a wild week for Swift.

  • On Sunday, she won a record fourth best album Grammy, and then was off to Tokyo for four sold out concerts.

  • Even Swifties there are getting into the NFL hype.

  • "I hadn't really watched American football until now," this fan says, "But because Taylor's boyfriend plays, I finally watched it."

  • Now we have an added reason for a large swath of people to be watching.

  • This is water cooler to the next degree.

  • Professor Steven Granelli studies communications and popular culture at Northeastern University.

  • What makes this Super Bowl different than previous Super Bowls?

  • What makes the Super Bowl different than others is this added audience.

  • Taylor Swift's entire rabid fan base who is going to be tuning in for a specific reason. They're tuning in to see where Taylor Swift is.

  • They're tuning in to see the cutaways of Taylor Swift and they're tuning in to see the integration of Taylor Swift into the Super Bowl broadcast.

  • Meanwhile, as the Chiefs try for their third Super Bowl victory in five years, Kelce says he is the one who wants to put a ring on it. Just not how you might think.

  • I told her I'll have to hold up my end of the bargain and come home with some hardware too.

  • Well, you know, I mean, we're not going after Super Bowl rings or even engagement rings at this point, right?

  • But how about bracelets?

  • These are the talk of the town, right? - It's crazy.

  • I know.

  • And Michelle, I was showing Jamie, I got you one and I got me one, one says SAMO and one says CBS Saturday Morning.

  • We're Swifted up, I guess.

  • Whether you make them or you pay for them? - I paid for them.

  • But we're all friends.

  • So everybody gets a friendship bracelet.

  • Well, I have a sweatshirt that says I'm only here for Taylor.

  • I saw that. - You saw that.

  • I saw that, love that. - Thanks, guys.

  • Thanks, guys.

The usual spectacle of the Super Bowl feels a little bit bigger than normal this year.

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