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1) Super Bowl Ad Prices Touch $10 Million for 30 Seconds
NBC says some brands are paying up to $10 million for a single 30‑second Super Bowl LX spot, with average national rates around $8 million and a surge of new tech, pharma, and wellness advertisers buying in. That’s roughly $266,666 per second, and up from about $6.5 million as recently as 2022, underscoring how scarce live NFL reach has become for marketers.
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2) Super Bowl LX Fans Will Spend a Record $20.2 Billion
Total consumer spending around this year’s game is projected to hit a record $20.2 billion, up from about $18.6 billion last year, with an average of roughly $95–$104 per person across food, drink, apparel, and décor. Around 80–81% of that party budget goes straight into food and beverages, making grocery, QSR, and alcohol brands the biggest financial winners of Super Bowl Sunday.
3) America’s Biggest Wing Night: 1.48 Billion Wings
The National Chicken Council projects Americans will eat 1.48 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl LX weekend, up about 10 million wings from last year and cementing wings as the “king” of the game‑day menu. Put differently, that’s enough wings to give about four wings to every person in the U.S., highlighting how a single NFL game reliably moves an entire protein category.
4) Super Bowl Viewership Sets New Records on TV and Streaming
Last year’s Super Bowl drew 127.7 million U.S. TV viewers, the most‑watched Super Bowl and the most watched TV broadcast in American history, beating the prior year’s already record‑setting audience of roughly 123 million. Streaming is catching up fast, with Super Bowl streaming viewership jumping to nearly 40 million U.S. viewers in 2025, up from about 25.6 million the year before, showing how dual‑screen consumption is reshaping the NFL’s media profile.
5) Super Bowl Betting and Props Turn into a Billion-Dollar Habit
Ahead of Patriots–Seahawks in Super Bowl LX, sportsbooks are pushing deeper prop menus and same‑game parlays, including models touting parlays that could return $15,000 on a $10 bet, indicative of how outsized the Super Bowl handle has become. From million‑dollar bets on the Seahawks’ moneyline to wall‑to‑wall prop coverage across ESPN, VSiN, and others, the NFL’s tentpole has evolved into a multi‑platform betting event that rivals the game broadcast itself in engagement.
Bonus:
To prep for this upcoming weekend’s commercials, let’s take a look back at the top 2025 Super Bowl commercials.
Internships 🙋
1. Miami Marlins – Social Media Intern (Sports Pathways Program)Seasonal internship creating content for official Marlins social channels, working with the social and creative team to produce game-day and off-field assets as part of the club’s wider pathways program.
2. San Diego Padres – Summer Intern Program (Multiple Departments)- Paid summer program offering placements across departments like marketing, community relations, business operations, and ballpark operations to give students hands-on experience in MLB front office life.
3. ESPN – Social Content Intern (Remote, Spring 2026)- Remote internship for January–May 2026 where you help create and program content for ESPN’s social channels and studio shows (e.g., First Take, Get Up, NFL Live), ideal for students with strong sports and social media chops.
Job Board 💰
1. U.S. Ski & Snowboard – Athletic Development Coordinator (Adaptive Sports)- Year-round, full-time role supporting strength and conditioning, testing, and day-to-day performance programming for the adaptive national teams, coordinating with coaches and sport science staff.
2. Major League Baseball – Senior Coordinator, Partnership Solutions- Partnership marketing role helping design, pitch, and steward custom sponsorship platforms for MLB’s official partners across media, jewel events, retail, and hospitality, working closely with sales and activation teams.
3. Oakland Athletics – Coordinator, Social Media (Team Site / Posting)- Full-time communications role managing day-to-day content creation, publishing, community engagement, and performance tracking across A’s social platforms, including live game coverage and support for community events and activations.
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