Super Bowl: Ticketnest

Super Bowl is the championship game of the NationalMinnesota Vikings 23-7 and won Super Bowl IV in
Football League ( NFL ) in professional AmericanNew Orleans, the last World Championship game
football. It is played in the United States.played between the champions of two leagues.
On January 15, 1967, the first game was played as theWhen the NFL and AFL merged into one combined
AFL-NFL World Championship Game. It was the gameleague for the 1970 season, three NFL teams joined
played between NFL championship team and thethe 10 AFL teams to form the American Football
American Football League (AFL) for the "WorldConference (AFC), and the other 13 teams became
Championship of Professional Football". In 1970, boththe National Football Conference (NFC). Since then, the
leagues were merged and the Super Bowl becameSuper Bowl has featured the champions of the AFC
the NFL's championship game. Since then, the gameand NFC, which are determined each season by the
has been played annually on a Sunday following theleague's playoff tournament. As of Super Bowl XL,
playoffs. Originally it was played early to mid-January,former AFL teams have won 12 Super Bowls,
then late January, and in 2002, the first Sunday inpre-1970 NFL teams have won 26 games, and two
February.games have been won by teams created after 1970.
The Super Bowl has become one of the most popularPete Rozelle, is often considered the mastermind of
and the most profitable broadcast of the year for USboth the merger and the Super Bowl. He was the NFL
television. It earned millions of dollars in the form of T.Vcommissioner at that time, His leadership guided them
commercials. This has caused the starting time of theinto the merger agreement and cemented the
game to be pushed back later and later, to ensure thepreeminence of the Super Bowl. The game remains
Sunday night prime time audience on the East Coast.his crowning achievement.
Instead of mentioning year of game, the RomanVince Lombardi Trophy is lifted by the winning team.
numerals are used to identify each game of the SuperThis Trophy is named for the coach of the Green Bay
Bowl. The identification of the games by the year ofPackers, who won the first two Super Bowl games.
the Super Bowl could casue confusion because TheFollowing his death in September 1970, the trophy was
The NFL ( ) season spreads over two calendar years.named the Vince Lombardi Trophy, first awarded at
For example, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winners ofSuper Bowl V in Miami.
Super Bowl XXXVII are the champions of the 2002The Super Bowl has become very popular game in
NFL season, even though the championship game wasthe USA. It is one of the most watched television
played in January 2003.programs of the year. The game successfully has high
The National Football League (NFL) and its rival, theNielsen television ratings which usually come in around
American Football League (AFL) were mergeda 40 rating and 60 share. This means that on average,
through an Agreement. The Super Bowl was created80 to 90 million Americans are tuned into the Super
as part of this agreement. After its inception in 1920,Bowl at any given moment.
the NFL fended off several rival leagues before theThe broadcast of the Super Bowl became the
AFL began play in 1960. In 1966, there were seriouspremier showcase for high concept or simply
merger talks between the two leagues keeping inextravagantly expensive commercials. Famous
view of the intensive competitive war for players andcommercial campaigns include the Budweiser "Bud
fans.Bowl" campaign, and the 1999 and 2000 dot-com ads.
According to the AFL-NFL Merger Agreement, It hadPrices have increased each year.
a condition that the winners of each league'sDuring Super Bowl XL in 2006, there was a record 2.5
championship game would meet in a contest tomillion (US) advertisement for a 30 second spot.
determine the "world champion of football". During theEarlier Super Bowls/NFL Championships featured
discussions to iron out the details, AFL founder andhalftime show consisting of marching bands from local
Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt had jokinglycolleges or high schools. But as the popularity of the
referred to the proposed interleague championship asgame increased, so did the potential of exposure. This
the "Super Bowl." Hunt thought of the name afterhas led to trend where a number of popular singers
seeing his daughter playing with a toy called a Superand musicians have performed during its pregame
Ball. The ball is now on display at the Pro Football Hallceremonies, the halftime show, or even just singing the
of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The name was feasiblenational anthem of the United States, "The
because postseason college football games had longStar-Spangled Banner". Super Bowl XL in 2006
been known as "bowl games". However, the ownersfeatured Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, and John
named the contest the AFL-NFL World ChampionshipLegend during the pregame ceremonies; Aaron Neville,
Game. But the fans and media continued using theAretha Franklin, and Dr. John performed the national
shorter, unofficial name. Starting with the third contestanthem; and The Rolling Stones
in January 1969, the name "Super Bowl" becameThe Super Bowls has been broadcasted from
official.different TV networks from year to year. Up until
The first two Super Bowls were won by the NFL's2006 in the United States, ABC, CBS, and FOX have
Green Bay Packers convincingly. It led many to doubtavailed the opportunities of telecasting the Super
that AFL teams could compete with their NFLBowls in rotation. NBC will take ABC's place in the
counterparts. That all changed with perhaps thenetwork rotation starting with Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.
biggest upset in American sports history, the AFL'sNFL chooses the location of the Super Bowl well in
New York Jets defeat of the Baltimore Colts in Superadvance. It is usually 3 to 5 years before the game.
Bowl III in Miami. One year later, the American FootballCities compete to host the game in a selection bidding
League's Kansas City Chiefs defeated the NFLprocess.