Some quick facts about the Super Bowl from the NFL:
Think we have our priorities in order? More people watched Super Bowl XL (141.4 million viewers) than voted in the 2004 Presidential election.
There are 7.5 million parties on Super Bowl Sunday (National Retail Federation), and, of course, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears will try to hit about half of them.
1.5 million TV sets will be sold the week leading up to the Super Bowl (National Retail Federation) and it's no surprise sales of big screen TVs generally show a fivefold increase during that time (National Electronic Dealers Association).
The Super Bowl is the top at-home party event of the year, ahead of New Year’s Eve (Hallmark Cards, Inc.) and the new Michael Vick-inspired Torture Your Dog with a Fork Day.
Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day of food consumption behind Thanksgiving (American Institute of Food Distribution), which makes it not a surprise at all that antacid sales increase 20 percent the day after the Super Bowl (7-11 stores).
On Super Bowl Sunday, Americans consume 8 million pounds of guacamole (California
Avocado Commission). Rumor has it nearly two thirds of all the avocados sold in the United States are purchased during the three weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, but Urban Legends Guide David Emery says that statistic is exaggerated.
Super Bowl weekend is the slowest weekend for weddings (multiple sources) for one simple reason. What bride in her right mind would want to start off her marriage by making her husband miss such a big event? I mean, it is the Super Bowl after all.
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