Everything you need to host a Super Bowl party (2024)

FAQs

What do you need to host the Super Bowl? ›

The NFL's general requirements to host the Super Bowl include interest from the local football team, stadium quality, hotel inventory, a media center, corporate and community support, and approval from three-quarters of the league's owners.

Starting the festivities too early is not only a good way to run out of food before halftime, it's also just begging your guests to drink too much too fast. Foxsports.com suggests kicking off the celebration about 90 minutes before kick-off.

Stereotypical Super Bowl parties use tablecloths, paper plates, and temporary decor pieces with standard football stadium designs. They typically serve wings, burgers, and/or pizza. There's usually a lot of beer involved and plenty of shouting at the television.

"But what are people ordering for their Super Bowl watch parties?" is a question you may ask yourself because you're looking to create a game day menu. The three most popular Super Bowl dishes people order are pizza, chicken wings, and chips with dips.

Play Football Trivia

Gather up some questions about the two competing teams, Super Bowl facts, and some general football knowledge and see who knows the most. If you have enough guests, you can divide them into small teams, and award prizes to the top two winning groups.

Fans can grab a party tray, chicken wings, pizzas, chips and dip, soda and dessert. According to the National Retail Federation, total spending on the big game will be over $86 per person. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc.

A new survey says we're going to spend a lot of money on those parties this year. The new survey from RetailMeNot says the average amount being spent will come in at $189 this year, up from $125 last year. Most of the spending will, of course, be on food and drinks.

According to Suite Experience Group, which provides suites for the Super Bowl, suite prices for Super Bowl LVIII — which will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — cost between $1,400,000 to $2,500,000 on average. The boxes come with inclusive access to food and beverages.

A majority of the Super Bowl host cities over the last 20 years were tied to new stadium deals. “Peer-reviewed academic research shows hosting the Super Bowl has no tangible economic impact on the economy of the host city.

Take a look at the $60 million budget that is paid for the LVCVA and the Super Bowl Host Committee: In all, 125,000 people like fans, vendors, contractors, NFL staffers, sponsors and media will be in Las Vegas for Super Bowl 58.

How many hotel rooms do you need to host the Super Bowl? ›

The NFL requires a minimum number of hotel rooms within a 60-minute driving radius of the stadium, equal to 35% of the listed capacity. But that's not the ridiculous part. As part of the contract, the selected team hotels must be able to provide the NFL Network for a year prior to the date of the game.

The NFL does not sell the rights to broadcast the Super Bowl individually, so the cost is covered under what each of the networks pay for general NFL broadcasting rights. CBS, Fox, and NBC all pay an excess of $2 billion to broadcast the NFL under the league's new broadcast deal.