Super Bowl Sunday
Taking a bit of a break from my normal topics being surrounded by Congress members and those in positions of high power, I thought it would be interesting to list a few facts from yesterday's Super Bowl game:
- An estimated Super Bowl related consumer spending was about 13.9 billion dollars, which was actually a decrease of 3.3 billion dollars compared to previous years
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9
- The in-person attendance was 25,000 fans and 30,000 cardboard cutouts of individuals, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
- Tom Brady won his 7th Super Bowl, extending the mark for the most by any player in history and was named MVP
I found it very interesting how they allowed that many people into the game. If I'm not mistaken there were 5,000-7,500 people there who had the vaccine but that is still slot of people. It makes sense that consumer spending was down for the sheer fact that so many less people were allowed to attend the game. I wonder if there is a chart anywhere that tells you how much of their consumer spending went/came from online sources. I'm sure this was the highest watched Super Bowl of all time considering the time were in and the fact people couldn't go to the game.
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked that they can say due to the COVID pandemic but yet have 25,000 people in attendance for the Super bowl? That makes me wonder how large the stadium is to accommodate those many people and still practice social distancing? I can say though that I liked the creative aspect of bring cutouts of people to act as a guest during the game.
ReplyDeleteIt is no surprise that consumer spending has decreased due to limited contact with others. Kansas City was the predicted winner of the Super Bowl, so it was a big shock for Tampa to win. Hopefully next year we will be able to have people in the stands again instead of cardboard cutouts.
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