Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League of the United States, it has replaced the National Football Championship Game since 1966, and served as final game of every NFL. Since 2022 it has been played on 2nd Sunday of every February month. Prior it is called as AFL-NFL World Championship.
History and Schedule of Super Bowl
It was first played as “Tournament East-west football game” as a part of Pasadena Tournament of roses in 1902. Modern Super Bowl has started in 1967 and from 1967 to 1978 it has been played from the beginning to mid of every January. In between 1979 to 2003 last of January month and from 2004 to 2021 in February’s first Sunday. The winner teams are awarded with “Vince Lombardi Trophy” in the name of first two Bowl winner coach. The Day on which it is played is generally called as “Super Bowl Sunday”.
Why Super Bowl Came to Existence.
Super Bowl is played due to the part of merger agreement in between NFL and AFL (American Football League) in 1966. So that best team can participate for the championship. Before the merger of AFL and NFL they both claimed 2-2 championship. But after the merger in 1970, 10 AFL and 3 NFL made “American Football Conference” and other 13 team of NFL made “National Football Conference”. Since 1971 Super bowl is played in between the best team of AFC and NFC.
Stadium Where it has been played
Super Bowl Stadium is selected in NFL team owners meeting before 3 to 5 years before the game.
Till now many stadiums has been selected and some of them repeated several times. Check list.
| Stadium | Locations | Year- When Game Held Here |
|---|---|---|
| Caesars Superdome | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1978, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2013 |
| Hard Rock Stadium | Miami gardens, Florida | 1989, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2020 |
| Orange Bowl | Miami, Florida | 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1979 |
| Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1993 |
| Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1970, 1972, 1975 |
| San Diego Stadium | San Diego, California | 1988, 1998, 2003 |
| Raymond James Stadium | Tampa, Florida | 2001, 2009, 2021 |
| State farm Stadium | Glendale, Arizona | 2008, 2015, 2023 |
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles, California | 1967,1973 |
| Tampa Stadium | Tampa, Florida | 1984, 1991 |
| Georgia Dome | Atalanta, Georgia | 1994, 2000 |
| NRG Stadium | Houston, Texas | 2004, 2017 |
| Rice Stadium | Houston, Texas | 1974 |
| Pontiac Silverdome | Pontiac, Michigan | 1982 |
| Stanford Stadium | Stanford, California | 1985 |
| Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 1992 |
| Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, Arizona | 1996 |
| Alltel Stadium | Jacksonville, Florida | 2005 |
| Ford Field | Detroit, Michigan | 2006 |
| AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas | 2011 |
| Lucas Oil Stadium | Indianapolis, Indiana | 2012 |
| Metlife Stadium | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 2014 |
| Levi’s Stadium | Santa Clara, California | 2016 |
| U.S. Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2018 |
| Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Atalanta, Georgia | 2016 |
| Sofi Stadium | Inglewood, California | 2022 |
| Allegiant Stadium | Paradise, Nevada | 2024 |
Future Stadium Venues and Locations.
| New Orleans, Louisiana | Caesars Superdome | 2025 |
| Santa Clara, California | Levi’s Stadium | 2026 |
| Inglewood, California | Sofi Stadium | 2027 |
Television Broadcasting and Commercials of Super Bowl
As Super Bowl has its huge audience of more than 100 million from the United state at any point of game, having approximate 40 Nielsen Television rating. Only UEFA Champions League exceed viewership than Super Bowl.
Having such a huge viewership Super Bowl attract Commercial, The Most famous Introduction of Apple’s Macintosh Computer 1984.
Some of 2024 Commercials are:
Cera Ve- ‘Michael CeraVe’ – Showing Product advertisement featuring Michael Cera.
Uber Eats-‘Don’t Forget Uber Eats’– Showing Uber Supplies everything, Featuring Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Usher, the Beckhams and Jelly Roll
Verizon-‘Can’t B Broken- Showing the rigidity of High Capacity networks that it can’t be broken in any circumstances.
Volkswagen-‘An American Love Story’– Showing the importance of Volkswagen in U.S Pop Culture.
Hellmann’s –‘Mayo Cat’ -This ad is all about Food waste , Featuring Kate McKinnon (SNL) ,“Mayo Cat” and cameo Pett Davidson.
