The Super Bowl is underway! Kansas City Chiefs vs San Francisco 49ers begins in star-studded Las Vegas – with Taylor Swift and her celeb squad in the $1m Kelce family suite to watch the action unfold

The most highly-anticipated Super Bowl in history is underway, with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the San Francisco 49ers in front of Taylor Swift and hundreds of other A-list celebs in Las Vegas – and the rest of the world watching on!

The action began at Allegiant Stadium shortly before 7pm EST – 4pm local time – after country music icon Reba McEntire had belted out the national anthem.

Swift had made a mad dash back from Japan for the game after playing four straight nights on her Eras Tour in Tokyo. She is joined in a suite – that boyfriend Travis is believed to have paid $1million for – with the rest of the Kelce family, her own mom and dad, and friends Ice Spice and Blake Lively. 

She was seen giving Jason, the older Kelce brother, a hug as they reunited and he then introduced himself tot he American rapper Ice Spice – scenes that NFL fans wouldn’t have ever believed possible when the season began back in September.

The Chiefs won the toss before the start of the game and deferred, so the 49ers started with the ball in the battle for the Vince Lombardi trophy. 

Swift made it back to take her place in the $1million Kelce family suite with her crew and his family a row behind 

The 34-year-old Kelce, one of the star men for the Chiefs, looked typically cool and composed during the warm ups 

Kelce is is tackled by San Francisco 49ers’ defensive lineman Chase Young during the early parts of the first quarter 

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (center) gives a late Kansas City teamtalk with Kelce stood alongside him

For Travis and the Chiefs, the game finally getting underway draws a line under two weeks of intense build-up, where the tight end in particular faced a new wave of attention due to his girlfriend.

Victory for Kansas City would see the team join a unique club of back-to-back Super Bowl winners but there is history on the line for San Francisco, as well. 

If they win tonight, they will join New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers on a record-equaling six Super Bowl titles.

But it was a nervous start by one of the 49ers stars in Christian McCaffrey – Olivia Culpo’s partner – as he recorded his first fumble since Week 7 – a three-and-a-half month run. But the Chiefs had no success of their own when they claimed possession of the ball in what was a shaky start but both offenses.

Chiefs quarterback Mahomes was later sacked when Chase Young broke through the Chiefs O-Line. 

Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick, took to the field before the start of the game with their kids

Rapper Jay-Z was on the Allegiant Stadium field in Vegas in the build-up to the game between Chiefs and 49ers 

The Swifties still made their way into the stadium for the biggest night in the American sporting calendar 

While plenty of attention is on the Chiefs, the 49ers could seal a record-equaling sixth Super Bowl with a win