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Super Super Bowl or just Super Bowl
Jan. 31st, 2009 09:10 amTomorrow the Cardinals and the Steelers are going for all the marbles. The Steelers are favored by the bookies by 7 1/2 last time I looked at the Vegas odds. But a majority of the sports pundits can't seem to call this one. They waffled between the two teams and go over, yet again, strength and weaknesses of each and explain why they are going for this team but the other team could win. This is probably one of the most even handed guessing ever.
What is most being discussed in the mass media? The half-time show with Bruce Springsteen. Even the sports casters are talking about the half-time show.
Usually for a Super Bowl, there is not a hotel room to be had within 100 miles of the venue. But this year, you can get a hotel room practically within walking distance of the stadium. Restaurants have tables open for reservations. Caterers are not over worked. There are fewer parties and fewer people at the NFL experience (which is really fun if it come to your town). The question becomes is it the stinky economy or that the teams don't have the draw that other teams might have.
I think it is a little of both. Companies that are tied to the NFL aren't doing well so they are trying to not show visible excess (but invisible excess is apparently still fine). The Arizona Fan went nuts last year when the Super Bowl was at their stadium probably figuring that their team was never going to make it and were caught flat-footed when they did. Steelers fans are loyal but very blue collar and, considering the unemployment rate in Pittsburg right now, they have to be careful with disposable income (I have never liked the phrase disposable income. It sounds like you are dumping money down the garbage disposal.) The Steeler fans are in evidence in shots from the ESPN booth along with a few people wearing Cardinal jerseys so they are there.
Ticket sales are down too as is scalping because people are just aren't that interested in the tickets for this game. The various ticket-selling sites have (or had as of the writing of this entry) decent seats for sale still at exorbitant prices but not as much as before the NFC and AFC were decided. And the tickets are just sitting there.
Peter and I are having some local friends over to the house to watch the game and comment on the commercials. Also Peter plans to blog about the Super Bowl commercials as they happen tomorrow evening. So today is finishing picking up the house and I will shop for food tomorrow. Then we sit down and watch the game.
I'm not going to make a pick. Sorry I don't want to curse a team.
I am grateful for my amusement while I watch a week of trying to make news for an event that has no news.
What is most being discussed in the mass media? The half-time show with Bruce Springsteen. Even the sports casters are talking about the half-time show.
Usually for a Super Bowl, there is not a hotel room to be had within 100 miles of the venue. But this year, you can get a hotel room practically within walking distance of the stadium. Restaurants have tables open for reservations. Caterers are not over worked. There are fewer parties and fewer people at the NFL experience (which is really fun if it come to your town). The question becomes is it the stinky economy or that the teams don't have the draw that other teams might have.
I think it is a little of both. Companies that are tied to the NFL aren't doing well so they are trying to not show visible excess (but invisible excess is apparently still fine). The Arizona Fan went nuts last year when the Super Bowl was at their stadium probably figuring that their team was never going to make it and were caught flat-footed when they did. Steelers fans are loyal but very blue collar and, considering the unemployment rate in Pittsburg right now, they have to be careful with disposable income (I have never liked the phrase disposable income. It sounds like you are dumping money down the garbage disposal.) The Steeler fans are in evidence in shots from the ESPN booth along with a few people wearing Cardinal jerseys so they are there.
Ticket sales are down too as is scalping because people are just aren't that interested in the tickets for this game. The various ticket-selling sites have (or had as of the writing of this entry) decent seats for sale still at exorbitant prices but not as much as before the NFC and AFC were decided. And the tickets are just sitting there.
Peter and I are having some local friends over to the house to watch the game and comment on the commercials. Also Peter plans to blog about the Super Bowl commercials as they happen tomorrow evening. So today is finishing picking up the house and I will shop for food tomorrow. Then we sit down and watch the game.
I'm not going to make a pick. Sorry I don't want to curse a team.
I am grateful for my amusement while I watch a week of trying to make news for an event that has no news.
