1. According to the National Chicken Council, Americans will chow down on 1.25 billion chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday. Buffalo Wild Wings- eat your heart out!
2. Members of the winning team will get an $88,000 bonus, while the losing team will score a smaller sum of $44,000. Either one seems pretty good to me!
3. The trophy presented to the winning team, the Vince Lombardi trophy, is 20 and ¾ inches tall, costs $25,000, and weighs slightly under seven pounds.
4. This year’s SodaStream ad, which features actress Scarlet Johansson, has been partially banned by Fox due to direct reference to competitors Coke and Pepsi. The company had to change the final line of the ad in order for it to be aired on Sunday.
5. Over 3.5 million people have attended the Super Bowl over the past forty-five match-ups. That’s the same size as the entire city of Montreal, Canada!
6. Hass Avocado predicts that 71.4 million avocados will be consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. Guac, you know we love you.
7. The largest stadium crowd to see a Super Bowl live was during Super Bowl XIV, when 103,985 filled the Rose Bowl.
8. This year’s halftime performer, Bruno Mars, won a Grammy exactly one week before Super Bowl Sunday.
9. Super Bowl rings, which are given to 70 members of the winning team, cost approximately $5,000 each. Not too shabby.
10. Of the 46% of televisions that were on during the 2013 Super Bowl, 68% were tuned into the game.
11. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for food consumption in the U.S., only slightly behind Thanksgiving.
12. During Super Bowl XLV, a record 111,010,000 viewers watched the game on TV.
13. Tickets to Super Bowl I would have only made a small dent in your wallet- tickets were between $6 and $12. If only they cost that much these days.
14. The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most Super Bowls (6), and are tied with the Dallas Cowboys for most Super Bowls attended (8).
15. The San Francisco 49ers are the only team to have a 100% success rate in their Super Bowl appearances. They are currently 5-0.
16. The Super Bowl is aired in over 185 countries and is broadcasted in more than 30 different languages!
17. Super Bowl Ads are high priced items! This year, a thirty-second TV commercial during the broadcast will cost companies a record-setting $3.5 million.
18. Super Bowl tickets (face value) will cost you a hefty $600 to $1,200. Definitely not what I would call chunk change!
19. Super Bowl XLV, which took place in 2011, is the single most-watched American television broadcast in history. The game was between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.
20. Super Bowl XLVIII is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on Fox. So get your snacks, drinks, and comfy couch picked out and get ready for another great night of good, old American fun!