With Super Bowl LII just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its Super Bowl LII By The Numbers infographic together with its report on 2018’s Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans.
To determine the best places for loving on America’s No. 1 sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from number of NFL and college football teams to average ticket prices.
Make sure to check out the infographic for cool stats about the biggest sporting event of the year. Here are some highlights from each report:
Best Cities for Football Fans Worst Cities for Football Fans
1 Green Bay, WI 234 Logan, UT
2 Pittsburgh, PA 235 New Britain, CT
3 Dallas, TX 236 West Lafayette, IN
4 Boston, MA 237 East Hartford, CT
5 New York, NY 238 Cape Girardeau, MO
6 Los Angeles, CA 239 Valparaiso, IN
7 Glendale, AZ 240 Pine Bluff, AR
8 Philadelphia, PA 241 Davidson, NC
9 Oakland, CA 242 Syracuse, NY
10 Cincinnati, OH 243 Jackson, MS
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-football-fans/9691/
Super Bowl LII By The Numbers
$4,945: The average cost of a ticket to the past five Super Bowls.
$5+ Million: The average cost for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LII (up 87% since 2008).
1.35 Billion: Chicken wings will be eaten during the Super Bowl, plus at least 14,500 tons of chips, 8 million pounds of guacamole and 10 million pounds of ribs.
1 in 5: People would skip the wedding of a close friend or relative to watch their team in the Super Bowl live. More than 1 in 7 would skip the birth of their child.
To see all the stats and the full infographic, please visit: https://wallethub.com/blog/super-bowl-facts/1589/
