Here are all the useless facts that you need . . . or don’t need . . . to know in order to enjoy the Super Bowl on Sunday:
1. Six: Number of Super Bowl appearances by the Kansas City Chiefs, counting this year’s game. (3 wins.)
2. Eight: Number of Super Bowl appearances by the San Francisco 49ers. (5 wins.)
3. One: Previous Super Bowl meeting between Chiefs and Niners. Super Bowl 54 . . . Chiefs won 31 to 20.
4. 71,835: Number of fans expected at Allegiant Stadium.
5. $1.1 billion: Expected boost to the local economy.
6. $275: Projected spending per Super Bowl tourist on food and drinks over four days.
7. $299: Lowest daily hotel rate in the area.
8. $10,752: Average price of a ticket on the resale market.
10. 35%: Percentage of people who say they’d give up drinking for a year to attend the Super Bowl in person.
11. 14: Number of people who attend the average Super Bowl party.
12. 112.2 million: Number of people who will either throw or attend a Super Bowl party.
13. 1.45 billion: Number of chicken wings that will be eaten. Also, 10 million pounds of ribs, 11.3 million pounds of potato chips, and 250 million pounds of avocados.
14. 35%: Increase in pizza orders.
15. 50 million cases: Amount of beer sold.
16. 90%: How much more beer is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday than the average day.
17. 18.8 million: Number of people who will miss work the day after the game, resulting in $9.2 billion in lost productivity.
18. $1.3 billion: Amount that will be legally wagered on the game.
