When Travis Kelce signed a four-year, $57 million contract extension with the Chiefs this week, he decided that his first purchase would be something more meaningful than a new car.
Kelce announced that he will be buying a building for his Eighty-Seven & Running Foundation to give inner-city Kansas City teenagers a safe place where they can study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
“I am purchasing the building that will be the future home of the ‘Ignition Lab: Powered by 87 & Running’ – a co-working space where these teens will have the support, resources, and opportunity to explore careers in STEM, launch their own entrepreneurial ventures and gain real-world experience,” Kelce wrote on the foundation’s website.
Kelce was inspired to start the foundation because he saw in his own childhood, growing up in a diverse community in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, that many kids didn’t have the same advantages that he did. When he got to the NFL he was determined to help disadvantaged kids, and his new contract is a means for him to do so.
Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes plan to celebrate Chiefs wins at their Kansas City steakhouse next year, reveals the quarterback
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are planning to make their steakhouse the new party spot for the Kansas City Chiefs, the quarterback has revealed.
Last week, the Super Bowl winners announced they were going into business together to launch ‘1587 Prime’ – a modern American steakhouse in Kansas City.
The name comes from their respective jersey numbers at the Chiefs and will open inside the Loews Hotel in early 2025.
That will be in time for the playoffs next season and Mahomes has revealed he is keen for the venue to become a place to celebrate for the team moving forward.
‘Me and Travis been working on it for a while,’ Mahomes said, according to Fox4KC.
Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are planning to host Chiefs parties at their new restaurant
Kelce and Mahomes’ restaurant is set to open inside the Loews Hotel in Kansas City in 2025
The Chiefs duo’s hotspot, which is named ‘1587 Prime’ after their respective jersey numbers, will be two stories high and 10,000-square feet
‘We always see these restaurants and we have a love for bringing people together. I think the biggest thing for us is we’re gonna do whatever we can to keep bringing people together and what better place than Kansas City?’
‘Hopefully we can win some games at Arrowhead Stadium and then we get to go over and have a few drinks and food with it.’
Mahomes added that he and Kelce plan to keep prices modest so that everyone can visit.
‘We don’t wanna make it too upscale, too high priced that not everybody can go,’ he added.
‘We’re gonna make it a place where hopefully Kansas City can call it home and that everybody can be there and really enjoy it.’
Mahomes and Kelce have partnered with Noble 33 – a hospitality group with a vast lineup of restaurants – for the venture.
Entrepreneur Tosh Berman, who works closely with Noble 33, says the Kansas City stars have shared a number of cool and original ideas, including ‘hyper-subtle’ nods to their respective NFL achievements.
It is also set to boast a spectacular meat display as the focal point, along with one of the largest wine collections in the state.
Upon making the announcement last week, Mahomes said: ‘Travis and I have become frequent visitors of Noble 33 restaurants in other cities so it only made sense to bring something special to our own community in Kansas City.’
Kelce added: ‘We’re excited to be a part of this journey with Noble 33 to create a one-of-a-kind dining experience, and what better place to start than our very own, Kansas City.’
Patrick Mahomes Teases Travis Kelce for Being 1 of Oldest Chiefs Players
It’s all fun and games between Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs
teammate Travis Kelce.
While addressing his excitement about the NFL team’s newest wide receiver,
Hollywood Brown, Mahomes, 28, decided to playfully shade Kelce, 34, for being
one of the oldest athletes on the Kansas City team’s roster.
“I’ve been impressed by how hungry [Hollywood’s] been. You can tell he wants to
win. Obviously, he wants to do good and everybody wants to do good. But you can
tell he wants to be a part of something that’s special, part of greatness,” Mahomes
said while attending the 101 Awards in Missouri on Friday, March 22. “We’re
trying to build that here and we believe that we’ve started it and we want to
continue it. We still have a young team – other than Trav.”
After making the sly remark, the quarterback smirked and added, “If we can
continue to build this with a lot of people who are hungry and wanna win, we
can keep this thing going.”
Kelce, who will be 35 in October, is currently one of the oldest players with the
Chiefs. However, long snapper James Winchester, offensive lineman Joe
Thuney, defensive back Deon Bush and defensive tackle Mike Pennel are also in
their 30s.
Mahomes and Kelce have been teammates since 2017 and just celebrated
winning their third Super Bowl together. They won their first one in 2019 against
the San Francisco 49ers. In 2023 they walked away with the title against the
Philadelphia Eagles, and this year, they became champions when they beat the
San Francisco 49ers in overtime.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – JANUARY 28: Patrick Mahomes #15 and Travis Kelce #87 of the
Kansas City Chiefs celebrate after the AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens at
M&T Bank Stadium on January 28, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty
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Throughout their time in the NFL, Mahomes and Kelce have developed a tight
bond both on and off the field. They have been spotted golfing together, twinning
on the red carpet, hanging out at Lakers’ games and have supported each other’s
relationships and families over the years. This month, the friends decided to take
their friendship one step further and go into business together.
On March 14, Global hospitality group Noble 33 announced that they were
teaming up with the football duo to launch a “modern steakhouse” in Kansas City,
Missouri, called 1587 Prime. The restaurant’s moniker is even a nod to Mahomes
and Kelce’s football jersey numbers, 15 and 87.
“Travis and I have become frequent visitors of Noble 33 restaurants in other
cities, so it only made sense to bring something special to our own community in
Kansas City,” Mahomes said in a press release about their food venture. Kelce
added, “We’re excited to be a part of this journey with Noble 33 to create a one-ofa-kind dining experience, and what better place to start than our very own,
Kansas City.”
