What 50 Years of Super Bowl Looks Like

SUPER How We Got to the BOWL 50 Golden Anniversary Super Bowl Sunday is any (even moderate) football fan's day of reckoning-for your team, for your five senses, for your stomach and liver. It's just beautiful, glorious mayhem. Super Bowl 50 takes shape Feb. 7 at the San Francisco 49ers' high-tech home turf, Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. On the eve of the Super Bowl's golden anniversary, let's talk about all the stats, commercials, and viewers that got us here. On The Field The Super Bowl started in 1967 (following the 1966 regular season), pitting the National Football League (NFL) against the American Football League (AFL). A few years later, the leagues merged into the two-conference NFL we know today. AFC 23 NFC 26 Super Bowl Wins 6 Steelers Cowboys 49ers Patriots Packers Giants 3 Raiders Redskins 2 Colts Ravens Dolphins Broncos Chiefs Jets Bears Rams Seahawks Buccaneers Saints In The Stadium Of the 49 Super Bowls to date, three-quarters (37 of 49) have been played in one of 11 stadiums. Mercedes-Benz Superdome (f.k.a. Louisiana Superdome; Superdome) - New Orleans, La. Super 7 Bowls Venues with two Super Bowls: Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, Calif. Georgia Dome Atlanta, Ga. Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, Calif. Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Fla Tampa Stadium Tampa, Fla. University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Ariz. Forever at the mercy of stadium capacity, attendance has fluctuated-ranging from 62,000 in 1967 to 104,000 in 1980. But demand is another story. Prices for Super Bowl tickets have soared. Average Ticket Price Sold on StubHub Panthers $6000 vs. Broncos $5,422 $5000 Patriots vs. Colts Seahawks vs. Bears $4,222 $4,003 $4000 Packers vs. Steelers $3,074 Ravens Steelers vs. $3000 vs. 49ers Cardinals $2,524 $2,401 $2000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year Data available beginning in 2007 *Current price as of Jan. 29 At Home For six years, the Super Bowl has repeatedly set the record for America's most-watched television program, starting in 2010 when Super Bowl XLIV beat the M*A*S*H final episode's 27-year record. Super Bowl Viewership, 1967-2015 (in Millions) 120 January 30, 1977 Roots Series Finale Feb. 28, 1983 M*A*S*H Series Finale 100 М 105.9 M 100 80 60 May 20, 1993 Cheers Finale February 23, 1994 XVII Winter Olympics: Ladies' Figure Skating Nov. 21, 1980 Dallas Episode "Who Done it" 83 М 80.4 M 40 70 M 20 1967 1973 1979 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 Year Those cheering, yelling, and snacking at home get to experience what may very well be the Super Bowl's strangest evolutionary component: commercials. The Super Bowl ad game has become a highly-competitive sport in its own right, and the price tag goes up nearly every year. Cost of a 30-Second Ad, 1967-2015 Cost Year '15 5 М '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '67 4 M *68 '09 .. 3 M Og 2 М 1 M 96. '82 8, 56. "94 E6. '85 98. '92 48. '91 88. 68. 06. And Now, We Wait The Lombardi Trophy is up for grabs again come Feb. 7 at Levi's Stadium, which only opened last year and has already earned the nickname "Field of Jeans." They built it; now, it's time for the 2016 Super Bowl champion to come. Sources: stubhub.com, statista.com, sportingcharts.com, si.com, nbcsports.com, nielsen.com, forbes.com, nytimes.com, variety.com, adweek.com StubHub! COLUMN FIVE Ticket Price Viewers in Millions