For fans who want to show their Royals pride and remind everyone that their team is the reigning world champion, a new game day accessory is taking the internet by storm.

Advertisement Royals fan draws attention with elaborate championship ring hat Dan Halligan orders hat from designer after seeing one for San Francisco Giants Share Shares Copy Link Copy

For fans who want to show their Royals pride and remind everyone that their team is the reigning world champion, a new game day accessory is taking the internet by storm.Championship ring hats are relatively new for football, basketball and baseball. A Royals fan captured a lot of attention with his ring hat at Wednesday night’s game.“I expected some reaction, like, ‘Cool hat,’” said Dan Halligan. “We were just getting Facebook messages during the game and then have been keeping an eye on the Royals Instagram and saw it kept climbing and climbing.”Halligan’s hat had received more than 16,000 Instagram likes by Thursday afternoon.He said he first became interested in the ring hats when he noticed San Francisco Giants fans wearing them after they beat the Royals in the 2014 World Series.“I always thought that it would be cool that, if the Royals won, I could also get one,” Halligan said. “So I tracked the guy down who makes them and emailed him as soon as they won. He said he couldn’t make one until they actually got the ring so he could use that to design it. As soon as the Royals got their rings, I emailed him again and he said there was a waiting list. About two or three weeks ago, he asked if I still wanted it, and I said, ‘Absolutely.’”The ring hats are designed by Rion Liosel, who manages Championship Ring Hats on Facebook.“There is a tremendous amount of time involved. I carve each by hand with a scalpel in my garage,” Liosel wrote on his Facebook page. “The whole process takes about two weeks to complete.”“He said it’s made out of Styrofoam and he puts a lot of ClearCoat on it so it feels hard, like plastic,” Halligan said. “I actually got a little bit of a stiff neck today because it is pretty heavy to wear.”He said the hat, which cost about $300, required special gems in order to make it look just like the Royals’ real championship rings.