NFL Super Bowl 55 Source: AFP
Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, the NFL Super Bowl LV It was again a party of color and emotions. The great event of American sports began to be played on Sunday night, with a grand finale by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs, the defending champion, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. A particular and long-awaited duel for various reasons.
On the one hand, it is the definition with the least assistance in history: there is only 22,000 viewers and a total of 25,000 attendees, including staff working on the show. Are the stands full on television? A successful trick of the organizers, who occupied thousands of seats with cardboard fans, as had been seen in some European football league matches.
Hundreds of spectators in the stands … but only a few are real Source: AFP
Each spectator received an individual prevention pack with masks, disinfectant gel and a guide with all mandatory compliance protocols. Raymond James Stadium only has a third of its available capacity, and 7,500 of the 22,000 attendees are employees of the US health system who have already received the coronavirus vaccine. At least 100 million viewers are expected to watch the game on television in the United States.
Another focus: Tampa Bay is the first team to play a Super Bowl at home and has veteran quarterback Tom Brady as its big star, in his 10th appearance in the final, an all-time record for the NFL, but the first with the Buccaneers , since the previous ones were disputed with the New England Patriots.
On the other side, the Kansas City Chiefs is led by Patrick Mahomes, who at 25 is called to make NFL history. The youngster has already received the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season in 2018 and the Super Bowl awards that the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers last year. This season, already the new face of the NFL, the Texan has been able to withstand the pressure to become the youngest quarterback to reach the final in two consecutive seasons.
Another novelty for this year: Sarah Thomas became the first woman to referee a Super Bowl.
After the Shakira and Jennifer Lopez show in 2020, the NFL bet for this year with one of the most prominent artists of the moment: The Weeknd. And although the league endows artists with a figure that ranges between 500 thousand and a million dollars, the renowned Canadian singer decided to add seven million from his pocket to generate a “cinematic experience” in the little less than 15 minutes that it will have. on stage at the halftime show.
With the intention of “making the break show what he’s seen in his head,” The Weeknd bet big with his money. “We are really focused on connecting with fans at home and making the performances a cinematic experience. And we want to do all of this in the Super Bowl,” said Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, aware that he will only have a third live capacity of the capacity. It should be remembered that artists do not charge for the performance, but the exposure is so high that it translates into an increase in their record sales that ranges between 60% and 90% for several weeks after the broadcast.
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