SUPER BOWL XLVII (47)

Bal­ti­more Ravens vs. San Fran­cisco 49ers
Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 3rd at 6:30PM East­ern on CBS
Mercedes-Benz Super­dome – New Orleans, Louisiana
Singing the national anthem: Ali­cia Keys
Per­form­ing “Amer­ica the Beau­ti­ful” pre-game: Sandy Hook Ele­men­tary School cho­rus
Per­form­ing at half­time: Bey­oncé (also rumored: Destiny’s Child reunion, Jay-Z)

DID YOU KNOW?

This will be the first Super Bowl fea­tur­ing oppos­ing head coach­ing broth­ers, Baltimore’s John Har­baugh and San Francisco’s Jim Har­baugh.
111.3-million watched last year’s Super Bowl… only 38-milllion watched Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address.
Col­lege march­ing bands pro­vided the half­time show for the first five Super Bowl games.
Jerry Rice holds the record for most career Super Bowl points with 48, over four Super Bowls with San Fran­cisco and Oak­land.
Upcom­ing Super Bowl games will be played in East Ruther­ford, New Jer­sey (2014) and Glen­dale, Ari­zona (2015).
Nei­ther the Ravens nor the 49ers have ever lost a Super Bowl. The Ravens are 1–0 and the 49ers, 5–0 at Super Bowl games.
The only teams to never play a Super Bowl are the Cleve­land Browns, Detroit Lions, Jack­sonville Jaguars and Hous­ton Tex­ans.
The Pitts­burgh Steel­ers have the most Super Bowl vic­to­ries, with six.

ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS

A Super Bowl can bring in $150-million to the host area.
Tick­ets to Super Bowl I cost between $6 and $12.
The aver­age ticket price for Super Bowl XLVII is $3,800
Last year’s Super Bowl cap­tured 111.3-million TV view­ers.
Last year’s Super Bowl half­time show fea­tur­ing Madonna saw 10,245 tweets-per-second on Twit­ter.
Almost one-third of adults will bet on the game, mostly men.
72 foot­balls are pro­duced for use in the Super Bowl game.
The cost of a 30-second com­mer­cial dur­ing the CBS broad­cast of this year’s game is $4-million, up from $3.5-million last year.
Half of those host­ing Super Bowl par­ties plan to spend at least $100 on game-day treats.
The econ­omy hasn’t affected Super Bowl party plan­ning as 76% of fans say they’ll spend as much this year as they did last year.
The Vince Lom­bardi tro­phy stands 20-and-three-quarter inches tall, weighs 6.7-pounds and is val­ued at more than $25,000.
This is New Orleans’ 10th time host­ing a Super Bowl game.
The most points scored in a Super Bowl were San Francisco’s 55 in 1990 against Den­ver. The fewest were Miami’s three in 1972 against Dal­las.
The league pays for up to 150 Super Bowl rings at $5,000 per ring (plus adjust­ments for increases in gold and dia­monds). The NFL also pays for 150 pieces of jew­elry for the los­ing team, which may not cost more than one-half the price set for the Super Bowl ring.

SUPER BOWL FOOD FACTS

Fans will eat 1.23-billion chicken wings on Super Bowl Sun­day.
Super Bowl watch­ers will chomp on 11.2-million pounds of potato chips dur­ing the big game.
Eight-million pounds of avo­cado will be used on Super Bowl Sun­day for gua­camole dip.
Most Super Bowl view­ers, nine out of 10, will watch from their home or some­one else’s home.
Domino’s Pizza esti­mates it will deliver 11-million pieces of pizza on Sun­day.
Fans will pop 3.8-million pounds of pop­corn to snack on dur­ing Sunday’s game.
51.7-million cases of beer will be sold for Super Bowl view­ing par­ties.
43-million pounds of pret­zels will be con­sumed by fans on Super Bowl Sun­day.
Win­ter or not, 62% of grill-owners report they will fire it up for the big game.
2.5-million pounds of nuts will be chomped on Sun­day.
8.2-million pounds of tor­tilla chips will be con­sumed at Super Bowl par­ties.
The Super Bowl is the second-highest day of food con­sump­tion in the U.S., after Thanks­giv­ing.
Are you down with the dip? In a snack sur­vey by Har­ris Inter­ac­tive, 32% say they’ll eat some form of dip on Sun­day.
48-million peo­ple will order take­out or deliv­ery on Sun­day, as opposed to mak­ing food at home.
Snack attack! The aver­age fan will con­sume 1,200 calo­ries and 50 grams of fat from snacks, not meals, on Sun­day.
Non-traditional snacks trend­ing this year include mac ‘n cheese, apple slices and Chi­nese food.
Antacid sales will go up around 20% on the day after the Super Bowl.
An esti­mated 7-million peo­ple will call in sick on Mon­day after the game.

What would you miss to go to the Super Bowl?

23% — A vacation

21% — An impor­tant work responsibility

20% — Wed­ding of a close friend or fam­ily member

19% — Funeral of a loved one

15% — Birth of a child

*Sources: Nielsen, Har­ris Inter­ac­tive, FOX Sports, Price­wa­ter­house­C­oop­ers, Midwestsportsfans.com, BleacherReport.com, NFL.com, CouponCabin.com, 7-Eleven Stores, cbspressexpress.com and the USDA.