Chart: Super Bowl facts and figures
A breakdown of the basics for Super Bowl 50, with some history and foreshadowing mixed in, too.
February 7, 2016 at 4:34AM
GAME LOCATION
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. It is the first Super Bowl at the 49ers' stadium, opened in 2014. The Super Bowl was played in northern California one other time, in 1985 at Stanford Stadium.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Broncos are 3-1 all-time against the Panthers and won the last meeting 36-14 in 2012.
LINE
Carolina by 5. Over/under: 44.
TV ANNOUNCERS
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be in the booth for CBS, with Tracy Wolfson on the sidelines.
PERFORMERS
Lady Gaga (above) will sing the national anthem, and the band Coldplay will take the stage at halftime, with a guest appearance by Beyoncé, who headlined in 2013.
TICKETS
The average price sold on StubHub was $4,936 at midweek. The average ticket to last year's game went for $4,222.
ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE
To date, 3,805,226 people have attended Super Bowl games. Levi's Stadium seats 75,000.
TENDENCIES
The team that scores first has won 33 of 49 Super Bowls. … Teams leading at halftime are 36-10 (there have been three halftime ties).
PLAYER UNIFORMS
Denver will be the home team and has its choice of wearing its colored or white jersey.
WHAT'S IT WORTH?
Each player on the winning team will receive $102,000. Each player on the losing team will receive $51,000.
NEXT STOPS FOR SUPER BOWLS
2017: NRG Stadium in Houston
2018: U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis
2019: TBA (Atlanta, Tampa Bay, New Orleans or Miami)
2020: TBA (same four)
about the writer
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
