Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is the biggest game of the year. But, did you know this about the big game?
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The ball is crafted by hand in the U.S.A.
Each step is completed by hand by Wilson craftsmen and craftswomen with the aid of machines at the Wilson Football Factory, located in Ada, Ohio, according to the company.
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Each team gets a lot of balls
Each team playing in the Super Bowl gets 108 footballs, says Kristina Peterson-Lohman, of Wilson Football Factory. Of those, 54 are for practice and 54 are for the actual game. During a typical Super Bowl, 120 balls are used. (The additional ones are kicker footballs, used for all kicking plays.)
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The players drive in style
As a perk, every player in the big game gets a loaner car to drive around during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, says Marlin Jackson, Super Bowl champion with the Indianapolis Colts, who now runs the Fight For Life Foundation Inc. “During Super Bowl XLI, I drove a Cadillac Escalade all week,” Jackson says. Learn about 11 surprising things that have been banned in sports.
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What really happens during halftime
Jackson shares that during the season, players use halftime to make adjustments and work out any muscle kinks. But since the Super Bowl Halftime is twice as long as a usual game, players wait about 20 minutes before doing anything (warm-ups, adjustments, etc.) to time it to the start of the second half. Meet Amanda Gorman, the groundbreaking inaugural poet who’s performing at the 2021 Super Bowl.
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Super Bowl = big bucks
You might have known this Super Bowl fact already, but getting to the big game isn’t cheap. The average cost of Super Bowl 53 tickets in 2019 was over $4,650, according to SeatGeek. Read more from Reader’s Digest.
