Super Bowl LIX (59) will crown either the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs as champions of the National Football League’s 105th season. This will be the seventh Super Bowl for the Chiefs, who have achieved victory four times, including last year. On the other side, this is the fifth time the Eagles have made it to the Super Bowl, with the team having taken home the trophy once in 2018.
It’s no wonder why millions of people will tune in to this big sporting event on television. But the fact that we’ll again consume more than a billion chicken wings while watching billions of dollars’ worth of commercials with a bit of football mixed in might just boggle your mind. And if you want interesting Super Bowl facts, we’ve got plenty more where that came from.
Only time will tell which team will come out on top this year. But we can certainly get you prepared for the action in the meantime. Below, you’ll find an awesome infographic with our favorite Super Bowl LIX fun facts, plus a Q&A with a panel of sports business experts. Enjoy the game!
Top 5 Super Bowl Facts for 2025
- $7,584: The average cost of a ticket to the past five Super Bowls.
- $6,733: Lowest price of a Super Bowl LIX ticket on the resale market just after the conference championships (14% decrease from 2024).
- $500M+: Estimated economic impact for the Louisiana economy in 2025.
- 17.6M: Americans plan to watch the game at a bar or restaurant.
- 192%: 20-year increase in the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad.
Ask the Experts
For additional insight into the business of the big game, and the NFL more generally, we posed the following questions to a panel of leading experts. You can check out their bios and responses below.
- Who's your pick to win?
- What kind of economic impact do you expect the Super Bowl will have on the New Orleans area?
- What trends do you expect from the commercials this year? Is Super Bowl ad time an effective investment for companies?
- What are the biggest issues facing the future of the league economically?
Ask the Experts
DSM – Professor of Sport Management; Founder/Coordinator, of Esports and Gaming Trifecta, 1st at an HBCU; Online Sport Management, Coordinator – Johnson C. Smith University
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Adjunct Lecturer - SCS MPS Sports Industry Management Program, School of Continuing Studies (SCS) – Georgetown University
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Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, Isenberg School of Management – University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Ph.D. – Chair & Associate Professor, Journalism & Creative Media; Director, Digital Media Center – The University of Alabama
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Chair / Professor - Department of HWPE; Director of the Greg Dale Duke Athletics Leadership Program – Duke Recreation & Physical Education – Duke University
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Associate Dean and Clinical Associate Professor – New York University Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport
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