DENVER (AP) — The mayors of Seattle and Denver have salmon and green chile on the line. The directors of the art museums in the two cities have put up iconic statues in a wager on the NFL championships. And both cities are awash in team colors as Super Bowl Sunday approaches.

Christoph Heinrich, director of the Denver Art Museum, said Monday the fever surrounding the game is an opportunity for both cities to show off what makes them special, on and off the field. If Seattle were to win, Heinrich will send a Frederic Remington bronze of a cowboy on a bucking bronco to Seattle for three months. Heinrich calls the small statue, which is so detailed that wind seems to be ruffling the horse’s mane and the rider’s moustache, “one of the stars of our American West collection.”