Why Tom Brady's Super Bowl rings will stay in Las Vegas
Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will leave his seven Super Bowl rings behind in Las Vegas, but there's a good reason for that.
Brady, 46, spoke on Friday, February 9, at the first Hall of Excellence Preview Ceremony, attended by We weeklyat the Urs Fischer Gallery at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
“It is clearly an honor for me to stand here in Fontainebleau this morning at the Hall of Excellence Preview Ceremony [before] Super Bowl weekend. I've never really been there outside of playing, so this is all a bit new to me,” Brady said in his speech.
The retired athlete described the Hall of Excellence as “one of the first true representations of what I want to do with my career outside of football.” He expressed hope that it “brings people together around a common purpose that is bigger than all of us.”
The first of its kind, the Hall of Excellence is a museum of curated, one-of-a-kind sports memorabilia, opening later in 2024. Among that memorabilia are Brady's seven Super Bowl championship rings, which he earned during his career. decades-long football career.
“I leave my seven Super Bowl rings here in Fontainebleau because such artifacts do not belong in closets, nor are they hidden in safes,” Brady explained. “These rings represent so much more than just performance. They belong to the people. They represent my relationships with my coaches and my teammates, with my family, with my friends and with the millions of fans who were with me on that journey, and without them that journey would not have resulted in the coolest artifacts ever created. given to me.”
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Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Fontainebleau Las VegasMost of Brady's rings were won while playing quarterback for the Patriots in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017 and 2019. He earned his seventh and final ring in 2021 as quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before officially retiring in the NFL. in 2023.
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The championship rings will be on display at Fontainebleau during Super Bowl week and will move to the Hall of Excellence once the museum opens. Super Bowl LVIII takes place on Sunday, February 11 and will see the Kansas City Chiefs defend their championship title against the San Francisco 49ers.
Among the rare artifacts on display at the museum are memorabilia from Jim and Frann GrayBrady and the Tom Brady Family Collection, Mohammed Ali, Vince Lombardi, Jim Brown, Babe Rutte And Henk Aaron.
“We have the Smithsonian of artifacts,” Brady said in his speech. “The exhibits are much more than just championships, they are much more than just jewelry from a playing field. They're about the stories of people who helped other people win. Their stories are about everyone who values team goals over the individual. They are stories about the true American dream and the ability to achieve success with a purpose.”
Reporting by Hannah Kahn