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Super Bowl At A Glance

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 27, 2008

FOUR STORY LINES WE'LL FOLLOW

1. Historic quest: New England is one win away from the NFL's first 19-0 finish.

2. Walking boot: How badly is Patriots QB Tom Brady hampered by an ankle injury?

3. Eli's coming: Peyton Manning's kid brother has emerged as a quiet leader.

4. On deck: The Super Bowl arrives in Tampa in 2009.

BY THE NUMBERS

13

Number of years between Super Bowl appearances for Patriots LB Junior Seau, the biggest gap in the game's history.

41

Age of Giants P Jeff Feagles, who will become the oldest Super Bowl participant.

205

Number of NFL games coached by New York's Tom Coughlin, the most by any head coach making his Super Bowl debut.

3,205,733

Number of people who have attended Super Bowl games.

TALKING HEADS ON THE SCENE

•Warren Sapp, NFL Network media day correspondent

•Deion Sanders, NFL Network analyst

•Shaun King, ESPN analyst

•Trent Dilfer, NFL Network analyst

SUPER BOWL HOST SITES

9: New Orleans

9: Miami

5: Pasadena, Calif.

3: San Diego

3: Tampa

2: Atlanta

2: Detroit

2: Houston

2: Arizona

2: Los Angeles

1: Minneapolis

1: Palo Alto, Calif.

1: Jacksonville

HALFTIME ENTERTAINMENT

2008: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

2007: Prince

2006: Rolling Stones

2005: Paul McCartney

2000: Phil Collins

1995: Tony Bennett

1990: Pete Fountain

1980: Up with People

1970: Carol Channing

TICKET PRICES

2008: $900, $700

2007: $700, $600

2005: $600, $500

2002: $400

2000: $325

1990: $125

1980: $30

1970: $15

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM IN GLENDALE

• First fully retractable natural grass playing field in North America.

• Designed by architect Peter Eisenman to resemble a barrel cactus.

• First NFL game played on Aug. 10, 2006.

• Regular-season capacity of 63,400, expanded to 73,000 for Super Bowl XLII.

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