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Updated at 8:00 a.m., Friday, February 1, 2008

Super Bowl XLII: Facts and figures

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Super Bowl XLII

Teams: New England Patriots (18-0, AFC Champions) vs. New York Giants (13-6, NFC Champions)

Date: Sunday, Feb. 3

Kickoff: 6:17 p.m. EST (1:17 p.m. Hawai'i time)

Site: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. This is the 2nd Super Bowl hosted by Arizona. The state previously hosted Super Bowl XXX on Jan. 28, 1996

Capacity: 73,000

Ticket prices: $900, $700 (sold out)

Line: Patriots by 12

TV: FOX (KHON, Channel 2, Oceanic 3)

Radio: Westwood One (ESPN 1420 AM)

Home Team: New England Patriots

Away Team: New York Giants

Pregame Entertainment: Alicia Keys

National Anthem: Jordin Sparks

Halftime Performance: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Vince Lombardi Trophy: The Super Bowl Trophy presented to the winning team by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after the game.

Player share: Winning team, $78,000 per player; losing team, $40,000 per player

Cost of Super Bowl rings: League pays for up to 150 rings at $5,000 per ring (plus adjustments for increases in gold and diamonds). League also pays for 150 pieces of jewelry for the losing team, which may not cost more than one-half the price set for the Super Bowl ring.

TV ad rates: $2.7 million (30 seconds)

Other Super Bowl host cities: New Orleans (9: Tulane Stadium 3, Louisiana Superdome 6); Miami (9: Orange Bowl 5, Dolphin Stadium 4); Los Angeles (7: Los Angeles Coliseum 2, Rose Bowl 5); Tampa Bay (3); San Diego (3); Atlanta (2); Houston (2); Detroit (2: Pontiac Silverdome 1, Ford Field 1); Minneapolis (1); Stanford (1); Jacksonville (1).

Future Super Bowl sites: 2009 (SB XLIII) — Tampa; 2010 (SB XLIV) — Miami; 2011 (SB XLV) — North Texas

Web site: www.superbowl.com