More than you ever wanted to know about Super Bowl LVII;
As of 5:30 am today on Ticketmaster, least expensive ticket, $3,450 per. Best seats, 50 yard line, Row 5, $24, 692 each. (Say, did you hear about the guy who didn't think Lebron would break the all-time NBA scoring record until tonight's Laker's game so he paid just under $50,000 for two tickets to it? Well, Lebron broke the record this past Tuesday night, gulp.)
Parking, $100 (No tailgating!)
If yain't got your room yet, there are very few still available within 15 miles of State Farm Stadium, and they go for $888.33 per night, two night minimum. Oh, and that does include continental breakfast.
To buy you, mama and junior two beers, a coke and three hot dogs, it's $80.75 (Beer $17.50 ea, pop $7.50, dogs $12.75 ea.)
You can drive to a Kansas casino and make a multitude of bets. National Anthem over or under 2 minutes & 5 seconds. The color of the Gatorade poured on the winning coach (orange, blue, green, clear, red or purple.) Will Andy Reid wear a Hawaian shirt? Will a fan run on the field during the game? The predominant color of Rihanna's outfit for the halftime show. Her hair color?
Number of hot dogs sold, over/under 17,000? Will the power go out? Will Tom Cruise parachute into the stadium to hand deliver the game ball? See? You can go broke not even knowing a thing about football!
The Lombardi Trophy weighs 7 lbs. and cost $50,000. Each of the 32 teams, plus some help from the league, pay for the cost of the Super Bowl rings ($5M).
Most households are equipped with a TV anywhere from 32 to 65 inches to watch the game. Some bigger, some bars much bigger. The NFL, for the referees, recently upgraded their replay monitors from 9 inches to 12. Go figure.
14,500 tons of chips and 8 million pounds of guacamole are consumed in US households during the Super Bowl, or, enough snack food to fill 270 jumbo jets. The only day people eat more food? Thanksgiving.
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THREE. THREE days
The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, 1967, retroactively known as Super Bowl I. The Green Bay Packers, led by Vince Lombardi, were favored by 14 over Hank Stram and our beloved Chiefs, There was AFL-NFL animosity, doubters believed the NFL was vastly superior and it would be a blowout. Each League had their own brand, style of football and the refs would swap them out as thei teams came on offfense.
It was close for a half, the Chiefs actually outgained them 181-164, but trailed, 14-10. Curtis McClinton, on a 7 yard pass from Len Dawson, scored our first touchdown. Perhaps naysayers were right, Green Bay rolled the 2nd half, winning 35-10.
The following season, with a chip on their shoulder, the Chiefs blasted the vaunted Chicago Bears 66-24 in a preseason game. There was still considerable doubt, even perhaps amongst us Chief's fans. I'm old, I remember that game and it was huge, solidifying 'the AFL is here to stay.'
Short blog today - you're welcome.
Snowing here in KC. Schools closed. Out and about - be safe.
If you are nervous like me about this game, Jake says "Don't be, it's at State Farm Stadium for goodness sake."
Love, Victurd
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