Super Bowl: From American Football to attendance records

The final is usually played on the first Sunday in February, known as Super Bowl Sunday. Over the years, this has achieved the status of an unofficial national holiday. The 2018 Super Bowl will take place on February 4th in Minneapolis, with the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles facing each other. The Patriots have won the Super Bowl five times, the Eagles never. In 1981 and 2004 (also against the Patriots) the Eagles left the field as losers. The record winners are the Pittsburgh Steelers with six wins. Sportnews.bz has collected the strangest facts about the Super Bowl for you:

American football: In 1920, the American Professional Football Association was founded, which gave rise to today's NFL. The first Super Bowl based on today's model was played in 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, in which for the first time the winner of the traditional NFL played against the winner of the younger and rival American Football League (AFL). Since 1969, the Super Bowl name has been officially used for the finale. The venue is usually decided three to five years in advance. So far, no team has been able to take part in a Super Bowl in their own stadium. In 2017, the Super Bowl was decided in overtime for the first time in history.

Beer: Americans consume an average of 120 million liters of beer on Super Bowl Sunday every year. Food: 50 million dollars will be spent on food in the USA on Super Bowl Sunday. For the food industry, it is the second most important day of the year after Thanksgiving. 14.000 tons of potato chips and 4.000 tons of popcorn are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. 1,3 billion chicken wings are consumed by Americans. 3,6 million kilograms of guacamole are eaten during the sports spectacle. Pizza delivery services make a third of their annual sales on Super Bowl day. A company that has a lot to do with pizza is hiring 11.000 new temporary workers just for the day.

Hangover mood: 20 percent more headache tablets will be discontinued on the Monday after the final. In the USA the disease even has a name: “Super Bowlitis”. After the Super Bowl, six percent more Americans call in sick than on normal Mondays. Concert: Singer Justin Timberlake will perform at the halftime show. At the 2004 Super Bowl, Timberlake appeared on stage with Janet Jackson and caused the “Nipplegate” excitement. The US opening anthem will be sung by Pink.

Nothing happens without moss: The cost of a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl has steadily increased over the years. In 1967, such a spot cost $34.500; in 2015, a company had to pay around $4 million to have advertising shown on TV during the final.

Rings for the winners: 150 gold and diamond Super Bowl rings are distributed annually to the winning team. The value of a ring is approximately 5000 dollars.

Transfer time: Because of the time difference, the Super Bowl in Central Europe starts at 00.30:XNUMX a.m. on Monday.

Usury: In 2013, a parking ticket around the Superdome in New Orleans cost $550. A visitor paid $700 for a ticket to the public viewing in front of the stadium. The cheapest ticket for the game in 500 cost $2014. There are hardly any upward price spirals. In comparison, the winner's trophy is "cheap": the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which the Super Bowl winner receives, costs $25.000.

Viewership records: 150 million fans at peak times and 111 million fans on average watch the spectacle on their home TV sets in the USA. The Super Bowl has 800 million viewers worldwide. There are nine Super Bowl games in the top 10 TV broadcasts with the most viewers of all time in the USA.

The most spectators came to Pasadena in 1980 (103.985), the fewest spectators came to Los Angeles in 1967. At that time only 61.946 fans attended the final. Fans are spending $250 million on Super Bowl merchandise.

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Super Bowl: From American Football to attendance records

The Super Bowl is the finale of the American professional football league NFL. The Super Bowl is one of the largest single sporting events in the world and regularly achieves the highest television ratings of the year in the USA. One of the highlights is the spectacular halftime show.

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