It’s that time of year again; Super Bowl Sunday is nearly here. I mostly enjoy the Super Bowl for three reasons: the commercials, the junk food, and the half-time show. Here are a few Super Bowl statistics from an article in the L.A. Times and the NFL website:
· 61 million Americans will attend a Super Bowl party (in 2012).
· 40% of those watching the Super Bowl are not football fans.
· Super Bowlers will consume 100 million pounds of wings, 53.5 million pounds of avocados, 28 million pounds of chips, and 8 million pounds of popcorn.
· 3% of employees take a “sick day” on the Monday following the big game.
· 9% of employees take that Monday as a vacation day.
· In 2012, the average price for a 30-second ad on NBC was $3.5 million.
· There were 12,233 tweets per second sent as the game was nearing an end.
· Google searches for “super bowl recipe” increased by 23 times in the week leading up to the game.
· $10.8 billion was spent on beer for the game for (enough to buy 10 B2 stealth bombers) an amount enough to fill 493 Olympic-sized pools.
Those are just a few of the ones I found interesting and comical. It’s obvious we Americans take our football very seriously! No matter which team you are cheering for, or if you are like me and just like to have an excuse to eat junk food, have a safe and fun Super Bowl Sunday!
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