New Orleans By The Numbers
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$85.4 MILLION
Amount spent by Super Bowl visitors on New Orleans hotels ($56.1 million) and restaurants ($29.3 million).
NO. 3
New Orleans ranks third in per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages behind Nome, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. There are 3,000 saloons, bars and other establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages in New Orleans.
25,000 GALLONS
The amount of beer consumed at the Superdome during the game.
8
New Orleans has played host to the Super Bowl a record eight times. Miami has been the site of seven Super Bowls, Pasadena five.
20 MILES
The amount of telephone cable required for the Super Bowl, including 15,000 phone lines, was enough to stretch around the Superdome 352 times.
$250 MILLION
The estimated economic impact of the game on New Orleans.
$30 MILLION
The amount to construct the world’s longest bridge (Lake Pontchartrain Causeway), completed in 1969. It is 23.87 miles long.
800 MILLION
Television viewers expected to tune in to Super Bowl XXXI worldwide (138 million in the U.S.).
$1.2 MILLION
The amount charged by Fox television for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl XXXI.
$48,000
The amount the winning Packers will get per man. The Patriots will receive $29,000.
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