Updated at 7:05 a.m., Saturday, February 2, 2008
Super Bowl XLII: Facts and figures
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Super Bowl XLIITeams: New England Patriots (18-0, AFC Champions) vs. New York Giants (13-6, NFC Champions)
Date: Tomorrow
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