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  • Super Bowl Tickets Hit Record Prices

    There are three ways to get to see this year’s Super Bowl: be a player for the Denver Broncos, be a player for the Seattle Seahawks, or make as much money as one of those players. The “cheap seats” as of this writing are going for over $2,400 on StubHub (that’ll get you into the upper end zone, where you are 100% certain to freeze to death by kickoff).

    Ticket prices for the Big Game have been rising for years, but Super Bowl XLVIII is on pace to be the most expensive ever. It will be the first outdoor, cold weather event in recent memory, making it something of a novelty. It will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ—population-dense and proximate to New York City. It’s on Groundhog Day. It may be Peyton Manning’s last game. And it will put the self-anointed greatest-corner-in-history and social-media-punching-bag-du-jour, Richard Sherman, back on the field for the first time since his bizarre rant following the NFC Championship. All this, combined with the escalating blinginess of the event, has driven ticket prices skyward.

    NFLOnLocation.com, which purveys authentic NFL ticket packages, has a Game Day ticketing option that includes sideline, corner or end zone seat, pre-and post game refreshments, and a souvenir program and lanyard (and who isn’t a sucker for a lanyard?) for the low low price of $7,299 per. If you want to add in a hotel room, that’ll ring up $9,199. Parking isn’t included in either option and will cost at least $200 from a separate vendor. eBay currently has some tickets for sale around $500,000, but with free shipping.

    The NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee expects the game will bring upwards of 400,000 visitors to the area (MetLife Stadium has a seating capacity of 82,566). The NYC metro area is readying for the crowds with a variety of entertainment options, including free concerts, two-for-one tickets for Broadway, and something called a “football fashion show.”

    For what it’s worth, the cost of a high end seat for Super Bowl I was $12. That’s 0.5% of what a cheap seat would go for at Super Bowl XLVIII.

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  • Foo Fighters And Other Bands Set To Perform On Super Bowl Weekend

    Quite a lineup of musicians is being set up to play on a cruise ship during the weekend of the Super Bowl. Foo Fighters is one of the bands that have been selected to headline the event, and will play on the final day of the event, along with Zac Brown Band.

    In addition to the Foo Fighters, other artists are set perform on the cruise including Imagine Dragons, The Roots, who will be joined by Run-DMC and Busta Rhymes.

    It will be a big deal for all of the different musicians to be united in one place, and as they are playing during the weekend of the Super Bowl, they are guaranteed to bring in a large amount of fans.

    A wide variety of music will be offered for fans to see, as these groups span from rock to rap to country to pop. This also marks the second time that Foo Fighters and Zac Brown Band have teamed up together, and so recently.

    The bands will hit the stage on the Bud Light Hotel New York, a stage that will be docked at Pier 88 in Manhattan on the Hudson River. The Super Bowl will be played close by at MetLife Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey.

    Each of the concerts will lead up to the big event, the Super Bowl, which is being held on February 2nd. For the first time in history, the Super Bowl is scheduled to be played in a cold weather state without a dome.

    The news of the snow is causing people to think about changing the date of the game because of the harsh and snowy weather conditions that are already being predicted, courtesy of the Farmer’s Almanac.

    The musical series will start off with The Roots on January 30th, followed by Imagine Dragons a day later. Foo Fighters will be the headliner, supported by Zac Brown Band. Bruno Mars is the musician scheduled to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl.

    In addition to the Foo Fighters, and the other musical guests that will be featured throughout the days leading up to the Super Bowl, the cruise ship will offer lodging for 4,000 guests in 1,900 staterooms for fans that wish to see their favorite musicians performing on a cruise ship.

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  • Super Bowl Snow: Will Snow Change The Day Of The Super Bowl?

    As if things haven’t changed enough due to the climate in recent years, more bad news is here for football fans. There is already speculation that the Super Bowl, one of television’s most anticipated events, may have to be moved due to the weather.

    It might seem silly to think about delaying the event already, but the Super Bowl snow predictions are already looking unfavorable for players and fans who would be attending the game.

    With this news, it might be time for every NFL stadium to have a covered dome, preventing this kind of thing from happening in the future.

    The game will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and previously this was not possible, but in 2010, the league waived requirements for a minimum temperature of 50 degrees, or a roof on the stadium, enabling New Jersey to host the game.

    Officials are now reporting that, if necessary, the Super Bowl may even have to be moved to a different date due to the harsh conditions that are being predicted.

    For the first time, the NFL is holding the Super Bowl in outdoors in a cold weather state, meaning fans could see the first ever Super Bowl played in the snow. However, the game could be moved to another day if the conditions get too bad to play in.

    Frank Supovitz, who is the NFL Special Events Vice President, discussed the potential Super Bowl snow situation when saying “It is our objective to kick off the ball at 6:30 on Feb. 2nd. But, if it’s necessary due to matters of public safety or there are impracticalities, then rescheduling scenarios have to be considered.”

    If the 2014 Farmer’s Almanac’s prediction is correct, then fans could be looking at weather forecast for the Super Bowl that includes an “intense storm, heavy rain, snow, and strong winds.” This could seriously impact Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, as the Almanac also mentions, taking into account where the game is being played.

    Already this season, the NFL has been host to some wild games with some games being delayed, and others playing through harsh snowy conditions. The Lions and Eagles played through a brutal snowstorm in Philadelphia in recent weeks, and teams in the Northeast have proved that playing in the snow can be done, although it is not easy.

    If the weather prediction of the Super Bowl snow is correct, then fans might see a game that looks something like this.

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    With the Super Bowl being hosted in a cold weather state for the first time outdoors, things could get ugly. Should the game be played as scheduled with as much snow as there is predicted?

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