Gov. Pat McCrory will be Super Bowl-bound

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory dons a customized #33 Carolina Panthers jersey, one that he got when he was mayor of Charlotte in 2004, the last time the Panthers went to the Super Bowl. Katherine Peralta The Charlotte Observer

Gov. Pat McCrory will be taking his Panthers jersey to the Super Bowl this weekend.

McCrory leaves Saturday for the Bay area ahead of Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos.

McCrory, who was elected mayor of Charlotte the year the Panthers played their first game, took the stage at an uptown pep rally last week to cheer on the team. He was wearing a white No. 33 jersey with his name stitched across the back. It was a memento from the team’s first Super Bowl in 2004.

Aides called the trip “personal travel.” That means the state is not picking up the tab.

Jim Morrill

This story was originally published February 3, 2016 at 6:27 PM with the headline "Gov. Pat McCrory will be Super Bowl-bound."

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