{"id":178811,"date":"2026-03-29T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178811\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:23:07","slug":"former-chiefs-qb-joe-montana-is-returning-for-fanatics-fest-nyc-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178811\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chiefs QB\u00a0Joe Montana is returning for Fanatics Fest NYC 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 29, 2026, 6:01 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" data-autotag=\"e91367c2-d7b8-4bec-9359-95947acd6b0e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0Joe Montana\u00a0will return for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanaticsfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Fanatics Fest NYC 2026<\/a>\u00a0this summer, alongside fellow NFL icons\u00a0Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Ray Lewis, Lawrence Taylor,\u00a0and\u00a0Cris Carter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The six football Hall of Famers will be on-site in New York City, signing autographs and taking fan photos when Fanatics\u2019 landmark sports festival returns to the\u00a0Javits Center on July 16\u201319.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Montana was one of the many stars participating in panels during last year\u2019s Fanatics Fest NYC. He was part of the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2025\/06\/23\/former-kansas-city-chiefs-qb-joe-montana-details-method-for-handling-game-pressure\/84309398007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">QB Playbook<\/a>\u2019 panel discussion hosted by Taylor Rooks with Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During this year\u2019s NFL royalty announcement, Fanatics displayed\u00a0six custom lockers in front of The Vessel at Hudson Yards.\u00a0Each custom locker featured a legend and included signed helmets and jerseys that fans walking by could take home.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWZiIqvlC9S\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The unique social moment provided New Yorkers a preview of the annual sports fan event, with more exciting announcements still to come in the lead-up to Fanatics Fest 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 29, 2026, 6:01 a.m. CT Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0Joe Montana\u00a0will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[679,9,56,63,65,64,72297,72298,948,1935,12177,34156,72299,31394,1334,950,932,1328,65854,16792,949,682],"class_list":["post-178811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sstssportsnflchiefs","tag-sstsnchiefs","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","tag-tagfootball","tag-tagjayden-daniels","tag-tagjoe-montana","tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpro-football-hall-of-fame","tag-tagsports-memorabilia","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}