HOST CITIES
Sunday’s game at Raymond James Stadium will be the third Super Bowl held in Tampa. The city previously hosted Super Bowl XXV on Sunday, Jan. 27, 1991, and Super Bowl XVIII on Jan. 22, 1984. A look at host cities:
8: New Orleans
(Tulane Stadium, 3; Superdome, 5)
8: Miami
(Orange Bowl, 5; Pro Player Stadium, 3)
7: Los Angeles
(Coliseum, 2; Rose Bowl, 5)
3: Tampa
2: San Diego
2: Atlanta
1: Arizona
1: Detroit
1: Houston
1: Minneapolis
1: Stanford
FUTURE SITES
XXXVI
Jan. 27, 2002
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
XXXVII
Jan. 26, 2003
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
XXXVIII
Feb. 1, 2004
Reliant Stadium, Houston
XXXIX
Feb. 6, 2005
Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville
XL
Feb. 5, 2006
Ford Field, Detroit
TROPHY/RINGS
Name: Vince Lombardi Trophy
Cost to make: $12,000
Maker: Tiffany & Co. of New York
Rings: League pays for up to 125 rings at $5,000 per ring (plus adjustments for increases in gold and diamonds). League also pays for 125 pieces of jewelry for the losing team, which may not cost more than one-half the price set for the Super Bowl ring.
TICKET DISTRIBUTION
17.5%–AFC champion
17.5%–NFC champion
8.35%–Host team (Bucs)
30.8%–Other 28 teams
0.55%–Houston Texans
25.3%–National Football League
PLAYER SHARES
$12,000–member of wild-card team
$16,000–member of wild-card team (division winner)
$16,000–divisional playoff game
$34,500–conference championship game
$34,000–Super Bowl losing team
$58,000–Super Bowl winning team
$124,500–Player on a division winner participating in wild-card round and winning the Super Bowl.
PAST SHARES
I-XI: $15,000 to winner; $7,500 to loser
XII-XVI: $18,000 and $9,000
XVII-XXVII: $36,000 and $18,000
XXVIII: $38,000 and $23,5000
XXIX-XXX: $42,000 and $26,000
XXXI-XXXII: $48,000 and $29,000
XXXIII: $53,000 and $32,500
XXXIV: $58,000 and $33,000
