Super Bowl fever rises, the most anticipated football match of the year in America.
The appointment is in Los Angeles, at the SoFi stadium, where the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals clash in what is already the game of records.
The meeting could in fact be the hottest ever, in every sense, with the mercury expected over 32 degrees, well above the seasonal average for the city of Angels. Not to mention that it has already become the most expensive ever: a ticket in the last row of the last ring costs more than $ 1,000. The average amount spent for a seat is 10,000 dollars, but for those who want to sit among the VIPs, the expense rises and reaches up to 70,000 dollars. Record also for security measures: the area is strictly guarded by the police who fear an invasion of trucks as part of the no vax protests started in Canada and which is slowly taking hold in the United States. Messages have been bouncing on social media for days on directions to reach SoFi and create problems at the Super Bowl in order to attract the attention of the over 100 million viewers glued to the TV. After Los Angeles, the no vax caravan could then head directly to Washington, where it would like to arrive on March 1, on the occasion of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
The 56th Super Bowl is also a record for betting. Thanks to the legalization of sports betting in an increasing number of states, it is estimated that 31.4 million Americans will bet on the game, 35% more than in the same period last year. Among the records there is also that of the expensive prices at home: those who choose to follow the game on the sofa alone or in company prepare a high bill for the traditional chicken wings, beer and chips. Thanks to the flare-up in prices and bottlenecks in supply chains, the average Super Bowl menu costs at least 25-30% more than last year, with particularly high prices for the indispensable fried chicken.
During the eagerly awaited interval of the super match, some of the biggest names in hip-hop will alternate on stage, from Eminem to Dr. Dre. A non-causal choice by the NFL: the musical genre is in fact widespread above all among African Americans and recently the American football league has been accused of racism due to the lack of black coaches. However, the controversies do not spoil the wait and the desire for fun of the thousands of fans who, in presence or in front of the TV, want to follow the event of the year forgetting everything else, even Covid.
Source: Ansa
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