The Super Bowl will be held on February 2nd, so we thought it would be fun to share some facts about this special day:
- This year’s event will be held at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey and will be the first Super Bowl to be held outdoors in a cold-weather venue.
- The first super bowl was held in 1967 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
- Joe Montana holds the record for the most Super Bowl MVPs with 3.
- The Pittsburg Steelers are the winningest team with 6 Super Bowl victories.
- Over-the-counter antacids see a 20% spike in sales on Super Bowl Sunday!
- Fewer weddings are held on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year.
- A 30 second TV commercial will go for about $4 million in this year’s game.
- Americans will drink about 50 million cases of beer on game day.
- Tickets for the inaugural game were sold for $6. This year, look to spend between $900 and $2,600!
- The 2012 Super Bowl was the most viewed TV broadcast of any kind with 111 million US viewers and a total of 167 million worldwide.
- The Louisiana Superdome has hosted 7 Super Bowls – more than any other location.
- Americans will spend over $12 billion on Super Bowl-related merchandise.
- The game will be broadcasted in more than 180 countries and in over 30 different languages.
- Charles Haley, a linebacker and defensive end, has the most Super Bowl wins with 5.
- The Pittsburg Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys have both played in the Super Bowl 8 times.
