Super Bowl On the Clock:
Hours of pre-game programming Fox plans to air on Saturday: 2.5
Hours of Super Bowl related programming Fox plans to air on Sunday: 9.5
Hours devoted to pre-game: 4.5
Hours devoted to actual game: about 3.5
Minutes devoted to post game show: 30
Hours devoted to post-game “Malcolm in the Middle”: 1
Super Bowl Booty:
Cost of Vince Lombardi Trophy: about $12,000
Cost of each Super Bowl champ ring: about $5,000
Player’s share:
Winners: $53,000 per man.
Losers: $32,500 per man.
Those Famous Super Bowl Ads:
Half-minute ads during game: about 60
Average cost per 30-second ad: $2 million
Minutes of the telecast devoted to commercials during game: 30
To cover the Super Bowl Fox Sports will have:
Cameras used during the game: 22
Cameras used during the pre-game: 5
Video-tape machines with instant replay capability: 18
Video-tape machines with slow-motion capability: 4
Length of audio, fiber-optic and video cable used to hook the game into Fox’s telecast: 125,000 feet
Fox Sports staffers working to cover the game: 250
Hotel rooms taken by staff: 250-300
TV Networks’ Super Bowl History:
Number of SBs on CBS: 14
Number of SBs on NBC: 15
Number of SBs on ABC: 5
Number of SBs on Fox (including 2002): 3
Big-Name Producers at Halftime:
Disney produced halftime shows: 6
Radio City produced halftime shows: 5
U.S. Airforce produced halftime show : 1
MTV produced halftime show: 1
New Orleans Stuff:
Sold-out hotel rooms in New Orleans metro area: 30,000
Average price of a ticket to the game: $400 to $5,500
Population of New Orleans metro area: 1.3 million
Additional tourists expected this week: 125,000
Media reps expected to cover the game: 3,000
Number of Super Bowls hosted by New Orleans: 9
Amount of money the game contributes to local economy: $310 million
Amount of times SB has overlapped with Mardi Gras festivities: 1 (this is the first)
Mardi Gras parades that have had to be rescheduled because of the SB: 6
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Times Kathie Lee Gifford has performed National Anthem at SB (1995): 1
Times Cheryl Ladd has performed National Anthem at SB (1980): 1
$50 million Amount of money legally bet on game
$4 billion Amount of money illegally bet
