Kansas City Chiefs' ring boxes made a subtle nod to the location of Super Bowl LVIII win over San Francisco 49ers
Hopefully, the NFL doesn't fine Kansas City Chiefs players for gambling because they had to hit the jackpot to open their Super Bowl LVIII ring boxes on Thursday night. Ahead of the Super Bowl LVIII ring ceremony on the red carpet, Chiefs team president Mark Donovan let a pretty big teaser slip to members of the […]
Hopefully, the NFL doesn't fine Kansas City Chiefs players for gambling because they had to hit the jackpot to open their Super Bowl LVIII ring boxes on Thursday night.
Ahead of the Super Bowl LVIII ring ceremony on the red carpet, Chiefs team president Mark Donovan let a pretty big teaser slip to members of the media. He said that the rings this year were packaged in something special that paid tribute to where the Super Bowl was played.
My first guess in the A to Z Sports Slack chat was: "Super Bowl rings coming in a slot machine and to open it, you have to pull the lever."
Well, I got it pretty close.
Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII ring boxes inspired by Las Vegas, Nevada
For Chiefs players to open up their Super Bowl LVIII ring boxes, they had to input a three-digit code on a lock designed to look like a slot machine. A graphic appeared on projectors in the room showing that the code was 7-7-7, which traditionally triggers the jackpot.
Check out the video of players unlocking their ring boxes below:
This was a nod to Super Bowl LVIII's location just as Donovan hinted. Las Vegas, Nevada was the host city at the Raiders' Allegiant Stadium. It's known as the World's Gambling Capital, of course. It's actually pretty funny when you consider all the controversy around legalized sports betting and how players are unable to gamble on sports. I think they'd probably take the risk if they knew the reward was a Super Bowl ring.
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