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Fans dive into the NFL Super Bowl Experience in New Orleans

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Bedazzled helmets for this year’s competitors in the Super Bowl are featured Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at an exhibit in New Orleans.
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Jeweled helmets of all 32 NFL teams were on display at an exhibit on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in New Orleans. The Chiefs and Eagles will face off on Sunday in Super Bowl 59.
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The busts of a number of NFL hall-of-famers were brought out for fans ahead of the Super Bowl at an exhibit in New Orleans.
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The USO was represented at an NFL fan experience in New Orleans.
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A display showing an old Chicago Cardinals jersey (left) was put up at an exhibit in New Orleans ahead of the Super Bowl. The Cardinals called Chicago home from 1922-59, before heading to St. Louis for a few decades. The Cardinals are now located in Phoenix, Arizona.
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A display showing the jersey for Pat Tillman was shown at an exhibit in New Orleans ahead of the Super Bowl. Tillman left his NFL career to enlist in the Army following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York. He was killed by friendly fire in 2004.
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A wall showcasing former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton was on display at an exhibit in New Orleans days before the Super Bowl. Payton has been revered by many to be one of the greatest running backs of all time. The former MVP held the NFL’s all-time rushing record when he retired in 1987, until it was broken by Emmitt Smith in 2002.
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Football fans in New Orleans walk around a Super Bowl fan experience on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.
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Fans pose for a photo next to a Buffalo Bills helmet at an exhibit in New Orleans, days before the Super Bowl. The Bills were eliminated by the Kansas Chiefs in the AFC title game.
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ)

Starting Wednesday afternoon, football fans are diving in the NFL's Super Bowl experience in New Orleans.

New Orleans resident and Kansas City Chiefs fan Dan Seyl says he loves the experience.

"It's amazing. I mean, we love coming here. You get to meet players, see the Lombardi Trophy, there's all the activities."

Seyl said him and his wife Jessica, who is originally from Missouri, came to see the setup for the College Football National Championship when it was in New Orleans. The couple says they are excited to support the Chief's in the big game on Sunday.

"We've been Chiefs fans forever because we're from the Midwest," Jessica Seyl said. "I remember taking my 22-year-old when she was a baby to the Chiefs games."

The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs face off against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.

Throughout the event Chiefs and Eagles fans have the chance to view bedazzled NFL helmets, snap a photo with the Lombardi trophy and run interactive drills including kicking a field goal.

Eagles fan Tony Garczynski attended the Super Bowl experience with his daughter and two grandsons.

"I think the Eagles are ready, should be ready," Garczynski said. "Jalen Hurts MVP."

Kansas City Chiefs fan Dwight Pleasant says New Orleans is a great place to bring people together for the Super Bowl.

"My wife always says music always brings people together but so does sports," sports and music do bring people together, in a good way."

The Super Bowl Experience runs from through Saturday at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The experience will be open from 3-10 p.m. on Wednesday through Friday. On Saturday, it will be open from 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

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