Super Bowl Party Pile Up
Sports fans galore descended on the George Washington Smith Montecito estate of technology executive Howard Cannon, just a tiara’s toss from the home of singer Katy Perry and her British actor fiancé Orlando Bloom, for Cannon’s popular seventh annual Super Bowl party.
With commercial time during the CBS broadcast of the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at the 65,000-seat Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, going for more than $7 million for 30 seconds – and last-minute seats selling for more than $10,000 – the tension was palpable at the $1.9 billion venue which took four years to construct as the home field of the Las Vegas Raiders.
It is the second most expensive stadium in the world and a reported 189 million worldwide tuned in for the NFL extravaganza, including singer Taylor Swift, who interrupted her tour of Japan to wing back to the Left Coast on her private jet to watch her beau Travis Kelce play.
“It was really worth all the hype and buildup,” said Howard, who divides his time between his Montecito home and a home in Memphis, Tennessee. “It was an amazingly close game. The last minutes were quite something. But fortunately, I bet on the Chiefs!”
In overtime, thanks to a touchdown pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs ran to victory 25-22 and hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy yet again.
Among the frenzied football fans were actor Billy Baldwin, Victoria Frost, Paul Orfalea, Nigel Gallimore, Brenda Blalock, Rebecca Brand, Hayim Abulafia, Joel Mallet, Brian Jacobson, and Cate Wilkins.
A real squeaker…
