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
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Your Super Bowl Guide: Tickets; what to do; traffic alerts; more
Your Super Bowl Guide: Tickets; what to do; traffic alerts; more
Tickets
There are no tickets available to the general public. They can still be purchased on the secondary market through local brokers or national sites like Stub Hub or Ticket Exchange. But those tickets don't come cheap. A recent check of Stub Hub showed tickets ranging from $2,200 to $39,000. Don't expect to buy a ticket from a scalper outside of Cowboys Stadium . Ticket scalping is illegal in Arlington around the stadium — and you also run the risk of buying a counterfeit ticket.
Big events
Besides the Super Bowl, there will be hundreds of events held throughout North Texas during the week. Here are some of the biggest:
•The NFL Experience at the Dallas Convention Center expects to host 300,000 fans during its run at the Dallas Convention Center. It's closed today but reopens Tuesday. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under. For information or to purchase tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com , www.superbowl.com or call 1-866-849-4635.
•In Grand Prairie at the Verizon Theatre, Kid Rock headlines the kickoff of the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam Concert Series at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $45 and $60 through www.ticketmaster.com. VH1 will broadcast part of the show live. The series continues at 7 p.m. Friday with the NFL Pepsi Musica Super Bowl Fiesta. Tickets are $45 through TicketMaster.
•On Saturday in Fort Worth, the Taste of the NFL will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Country singer Martina McBride is the entertainment for the charity gourmet food event with 32 chefs representing each NFL city. Tickets are $500 and $600. Visit www.tasteofthenfl.com.
Tickets
There are no tickets available to the general public. They can still be purchased on the secondary market through local brokers or national sites like Stub Hub or Ticket Exchange. But those tickets don't come cheap. A recent check of Stub Hub showed tickets ranging from $2,200 to $39,000. Don't expect to buy a ticket from a scalper outside of Cowboys Stadium . Ticket scalping is illegal in Arlington around the stadium — and you also run the risk of buying a counterfeit ticket.
Big events
Besides the Super Bowl, there will be hundreds of events held throughout North Texas during the week. Here are some of the biggest:
•The NFL Experience at the Dallas Convention Center expects to host 300,000 fans during its run at the Dallas Convention Center. It's closed today but reopens Tuesday. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under. For information or to purchase tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com , www.superbowl.com or call 1-866-849-4635.
•In Grand Prairie at the Verizon Theatre, Kid Rock headlines the kickoff of the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam Concert Series at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $45 and $60 through www.ticketmaster.com. VH1 will broadcast part of the show live. The series continues at 7 p.m. Friday with the NFL Pepsi Musica Super Bowl Fiesta. Tickets are $45 through TicketMaster.
•On Saturday in Fort Worth, the Taste of the NFL will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Country singer Martina McBride is the entertainment for the charity gourmet food event with 32 chefs representing each NFL city. Tickets are $500 and $600. Visit www.tasteofthenfl.com.
Crashing the big party
Crashing the big party
Super Bowl XLV is a dream matchup for Steelers and Packers fans. For Jerry Jones and his Cowboys, it's become a nightmare
Jeff Kowalski got a taste of what Super Bowl week will be like when he went shopping in the north Dallas suburb of McKinney.
"There was a guy in there wearing a Cheesehead and a Packers jersey," Kowalski said. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me? It's already started.' This matchup is killing me."
For Kowalski and other Dallas Cowboys fans, Super Bowl XLV is a tough sell. Not only does it feature teams that have dealt the Cowboys plenty of misery, but it can be argued the presence of the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers on the NFL's biggest stage, with $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium as the backdrop, casts Jerry Jones and his franchise in a bad light.
"It's a matchup that certainly illustrates what the Cowboys aren't doing well lately," said John Eisenberg, a former Dallas sportswriter and the author of the book Cotton Bowl Days: Growing up with Dallas and the Cowboys in the 1960s.
Winners of three Super Bowls in a four-year span in the 1990s, the Cowboys lag far behind the Steelers and Packers when it comes to consistent, winning football.
Super Bowl XLV is a dream matchup for Steelers and Packers fans. For Jerry Jones and his Cowboys, it's become a nightmare
Jeff Kowalski got a taste of what Super Bowl week will be like when he went shopping in the north Dallas suburb of McKinney.
"There was a guy in there wearing a Cheesehead and a Packers jersey," Kowalski said. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me? It's already started.' This matchup is killing me."
For Kowalski and other Dallas Cowboys fans, Super Bowl XLV is a tough sell. Not only does it feature teams that have dealt the Cowboys plenty of misery, but it can be argued the presence of the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers on the NFL's biggest stage, with $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium as the backdrop, casts Jerry Jones and his franchise in a bad light.
"It's a matchup that certainly illustrates what the Cowboys aren't doing well lately," said John Eisenberg, a former Dallas sportswriter and the author of the book Cotton Bowl Days: Growing up with Dallas and the Cowboys in the 1960s.
Winners of three Super Bowls in a four-year span in the 1990s, the Cowboys lag far behind the Steelers and Packers when it comes to consistent, winning football.
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