1. Super Bowl XLVII:
Fun Facts

2. Travel & Tourism
250%: The Holiday Inn Express Harvey-Marrero, which is less than 10 miles from the stadium, had last-minute room accommodations available for $510 a night, according to Hotels.com. Rooms are available this weekend for $145 per night, a 250% increase for Super Bowl weekend.

3. Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism
$2,650:  The Bluegreen Club La Pension, which is located downtown in the Warehouse-Arts District, also had a few rooms available starting at $2,650 per night.

4. Viewership
According to Nielsen, CBS' coverage of Super Bowl XLVII reached a total audience of million viewers, making it the most-viewed show in U.S. television history, just barely edging out last year's Super Bowl ratings.

5. Gaming
98.9 Million: Record-setting amount of money fans bet in Nevada on Super Bowl game.
7.2 Million: The amount of money 183 sports books made on un-audited tallies of the game.

6. A 30-second spot in the very first Super Bowl cost “just” $42,000
Super Expensive Ads
A 30-second spot in the very first Super Bowl cost “just” $42,000
This year, CBS sold 30-second spots in this year's Super Bowl on Feb. 3 for an average $3.8 million — up 7% over last year's rate.

7. Super Expensive Ads
1: The top rated commercial, according to Tivo, went to Taco Bell for their “Viva Young” advertisement (watch it here).
1: The top rated commercial, according to USA Today's Ad Meter, went to Budweiser for the spot depicting the bond between a trainer and the Budweiser Clydesdale he raised (watch it here).

8. Bonus Pay Day
$88,000 Super Bowl participants earn a cash bonus for the game.  Players on the winning team (Baltimore) earn $88,000 per player, while 49ers players (on losing team) earn $44,000 per player.

9. Social Media
46.67 Million: Number of instances of social media engagement during the Super Bowl. That number is up a substantial amount from last years Super Bowl that counted 17.4 million instances of social media engagement.

10. Social Media- Twitter
24.1 Million: Amount of Tweets alone submitted during the Super Bowl game. However, two of the most trending topics had nothing to do with the game itself.

11. 231,500: Number of Tweets per minute during the Super Bowl “Blackout”.
Social Media- Twitter
268,000: Number of Tweets per minute during Beyonce’s halftime performance.
231,500: Number of Tweets per minute during the Super Bowl “Blackout”.
181,000: Number of Tweets per minute after Jacoby Jones returned a kickoff return 108 yards, the most discussed play of the game.

12. Did you watch the Super Bowl?
Questions for
Class Discussion
Did you watch the Super Bowl?
Which commercial was your favorite? Why? Which was your least favorite? Why? Did any of the ads make you want to purchase something?

13. Where did you watch the Super Bowl?
Questions for
Class Discussion
Where did you watch the Super Bowl?
Were there snacks? Were any of the snacks represented by brands advertising during or at the game?