Super Bowl XLV preview

Super Bowl XLV preview

Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4) vs. Green Bay Packers (13-6).

When: Sunday, Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas.

Home team: Packers (green uniforms). Away team: Steelers (white uniforms).

Broadcast: TV - Fox with Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (analyst), Pam Oliver (sidelines) and Chris Myers (sidelines). Radio - AM-620 with Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and Larry McCarren (analyst) will be available in the Green Bay and Milwaukee markets; Westwood One with Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Boomer Esiason (analyst), James Lofton (sidelines) and Mark Malone (sidelines) will air the game across the country.

Entertainment: Pregame show - Keith Urban, Maroon 5, Blue Man Group. National anthem - Christina Aguilera. Halftime show - The Black Eyed Peas.

Practice venues: Packers, Southern Methodist University; Steelers, Texas Christian University.
Super Bowl week schedule:

Monday - Teams arrive at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (Steelers approximately 11:30 a.m.; Packers approx. 3:30 p.m.).

Tuesday - Media Day at Cowboys Stadium (Packers, 10 to 11 a.m.; Steelers, noon to 1 p.m.)

Wednesday - Packers media availability, 8 to 9:15 a.m.; Steelers media availability, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; NFL Charities Celebrity Bowling Classic, 300 Dallas in Addison, Texas.

Thursday - Packers media availability, 8 to 9:15 a.m.; Steelers media availability, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; NFL Charities Celebrity Bowling Classic, Main Event in Fort Worth, Texas; Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie.

Friday - Mike McCarthy news conference, 8:30 a.m.; Mike Tomlin news conference, 9:30 a.m.; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's news conference, 11:30 a.m.

Saturday - Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 announcement, 6 p.m.; NFL Charities Celebrity Golf Classic, Stonebriar Country Club, Frisco, Texas.
Playing indoors:

• The retractable roof at Cowboys Stadium will be closed for the Super Bowl.

• An estimated 105,000 spectators will attend the game - about 95,000 fans will be in the seats and suites, along with about 5,000 media members and staff, and about 5,000 people paid $200 apiece to be in an area outside the stadium watching on big-screen TVs.

• The record attendance of 103,985 was set in the 1980 Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams.

• This will be the sixth time in history that the Packers have played indoors in the postseason (3-2). It will be the second time they have played indoors in a Super Bowl, the first coming in their 35-21 victory over New England in Super Bowl XXXI at the Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 26, 1997.

• Aaron Rodgers' 111.5 passer rating indoors (including playoffs) since 2008 ranks No. 1 in the NFL.

• Cowboys Stadium tours run daily through Feb. 10; for more information, visit http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/tours/tourInfo_SuperBowlXLVTours.cfm