8 Million Pounds Of Guacamole Consumed And Other Astonishing Super Bowl Facts

Beer

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There's nothing better than a cold brewskie while watching a game. The Super Bowl is no exception; Americans will drink 50 million cases of beer on Super Bowl Sunday. Not all beer is created equal, but about 94 percent of beer consumed will be Bud Light, Budweiser, Coors Light, Miller Lite, or Natural Light. Who's up for football drinking games?

Super Bowl Commercials

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Not all of us are football experts or enthusiasts, but the commercials are a key part of the Sunday spectacle that anyone can feel qualified to judge. Commercial spots during the Super Bowl are coveted and expensive. Nowadays, a 30-second commercial costs $4 million, but during the first Super Bowl, it was only $42,000. One of the most expensive food and drink commercials ever, "The Joy of Pepsi 2002", which featured Britney Spears, rang in at $7.53 million. Other ad heavy-hitters include Budweiser, Coca-Cola and Subway.

First Super Bowl Facts

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The first Super Bowl was played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1967. The game featured the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers beat the Chiefs 35 to 10 and Bart Starr was named MVP. Each player on the Packers received a bonus of $15,000, while Chiefs players only received $7,500. These days, each of the players on the winning team can earn a cool $92,000, the losers $46,000.

Halftime Shows

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Early halftime shows lacked the glitz of more recent ones. The Grambling State marching band performed at Super Bowl I. As the Super Bowl became more popular, big-name singers and musicians performed during pre-game ceremonies and the halftime show. The first, highlighting only one star performer, was Super Bowl XXVII in 1993. Michael Jackson's performance that year changed the course of halftime show forever.

Pizza

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Pizza may just be the take-out champion of the Super Bowl Sunday. Pizzerias expect their best sales on Super Bowl Sunday, Halloween, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and the night before Thanksgiving. Sales spike during particularly close Super Bowl games. Domino's delivery drivers will log about 4 million miles on Super Bowl Sunday.

Calories

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The average Super Bowl watcher will consume about 1,200 calories while snacking; that's double the amount of the average daily consumption of snacks. It all adds up to more than 33 million pounds of treats and more than $50 million worth of food. That's a lot of chips.

Snacks

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While watching the game (more likely jumping up and down and shouting at the screen), you'll probably dip your hand in a bowl or two for some game day snacks. Across the country, some 4 million pounds of pretzels, 2.5 million pounds of nuts, and 4,000 tons of popcorn are expected to be devoured on Super Bowl Sunday. To go with all the guacamole made from 69.6 million pounds of avocados, 11 million pounds of chips will be consumed. Holy guacamole!

Super Bowl Take Out

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Sure, people stuff their faces with snacks and greasy eats way past regulation time, but game day is also an important day for take-out. It's estimated that 48 million people will order take-out on Super Bowl Sunday.

Wings

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Wings are definitely messy, but they are a classic game day food. So much so, that more than 1.23 billion wings will likely be eaten during Super Bowl weekend. If all of those wings were laid end to end, they would stretch across the country more than 25 times.