The Superbowl

What: The biggest watched sin­gle-day sport­ing even in the world, the Super Bowl is the win­ner take all cul­mi­na­tion of the Nation­al Foot­ball League (NFL), as at the end of a gru­elling sea­son of Amer­i­can Foot­ball two of the 32 com­pet­ing teams, from the two six­teen team con­fer­ences bat­tle it out to be crowned the nation­al NFL cham­pi­ons and lift the famous Lom­bar­di tro­phy.  

 The final always takes place on ‘Super­bowl Sun­day’ with Amer­i­cans ded­i­cat­ing an entire day to tune in and watch both the game and the pomp sur­round­ing it, with the high view­ing fig­ures (more than 100 mil­lion view­ers spread across 170 coun­tries) for the game also mak­ing com­pa­nies com­pete to cre­ate the most unique and cap­ti­vat­ing adver­tise­ment spots, with many peo­ple tun­ing in not just for the game, but to watch some of the 30 sec­ond com­mer­cials which sell for upwards of $5 mil­lion. Which com­bined with the famous half-time Super Bowl shows, fea­tur­ing either rock leg­ends or the lat­est pop icon, which is now more mem­o­rable than the game itself helps add to the Super­bowl expe­ri­ence, as fam­i­lies around the world gath­er in pubs, homes and sta­di­ums to take in both the great­est game and spec­ta­cle the US has to offer.

When: Though the date and loca­tion for the Super Bowl changes every year, Super­bowl Sun­day typ­i­cal­ly takes place in an ear­ly Feb­ru­ary Sun­day, with the kick-off tak­ing place at 6:30 p.m. ET and the build up for the game start­ing from the days before.

Where: There is no set loca­tion for the Super Bowl, as the loca­tion changes every year, with US states com­pet­ing to host the biggest and best ver­sion of the game, for infor­ma­tion on the loca­tion of the next Super­bowl vis­it [https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/]

Dura­tion: The over­all Super­bowl lasts for around four hours, with the game last­ing about 3 hours and the extra hour added on to account for the extra adver­tis­ing and the half time show. The build up to the game kicks in prop­er­ly in the days before, and the entire day is ded­i­cat­ed to both enjoy­ing the game and feast­ing on tra­di­tion­al Amer­i­can snacks and food.

Tick­ets: Tick­ets for the Super Bowl are almost impos­si­ble to get first-hand, with the major­i­ty going to spon­sors and fam­i­lies and friends of play­ers. If wish­ing to attend the Super Bowl the best option for reg­u­lar fans is to try the sec­ondary mar­ket (tick­et mas­ter, stub hub etc), with tick­ets start­ing at $4000 and going all to way up to some $40,000 depend­ing on loca­tion, although tick­ets tend to decrease in price the clos­er to the game.

The offi­cial web­site for tick­ets is [https://nflonlocation.com/superbowl-tickets/] although in terms of pur­chas­ing you’d have to be very lucky to find tick­ets there.

Need to Know: Expect a lot of Amer­i­ca to close ear­ly or shut down for the game – with the excep­tion of pubs and shops. It’s also advised that if you’re in Amer­i­ca and plan­ning to host friends or fam­i­ly to plan and get you food in advance to avoid either delays or stocks being deplet­ed – as some 1.3 bil­lion chick­en wings are con­sumed dur­ing the Super Bowl alone.

If attend­ing bud­get well in advance and accept that giv­en the event, costs for tick­ets, hotels and trans­port – you’ll be out of pock­et if attend­ing the Super Bowl.

More Infor­ma­tion: For infor­ma­tion on the teams com­pet­ing, the loca­tion of the super bowl, mer­chan­dise, the dates of the game and more vis­it [https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/] the offi­cial web­site of the NFL and Super Bowl.