Ups and Downs of Super Bowl LV During Pandemic
March 22, 2021
So, what were the ups and downs of the Super Bowl LV during the pandemic?
During this pandemic Tom Brady was still able to pull the win to gain his 7th super bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. During this pandemic the views of the Super Bowl lowered since last year coming with only 91.6 million viewers. Results of the poll more people said that they indeed watch the Super Bowl LV.
In a random survey of 50 Morton East students 35 reported that they did indeed watch the Super Bowl LV.
According to CNN the views from this year’s Super Bowl declined, it wasn’t much of a shocker since the games were never competitive. Also sponsors felt a bit off since companies like Budweiser, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi sat out for this Super Bowl. Pepsi, however, did sponsor the halftime show, which included The Weekend, fireworks and an army of dancers dressed like the singer with bandaged faces. Another interesting fact is Although Raymond James Stadium in Tampa was somewhat vacant on the Super Bowl day, it wasn’t entirely empty, about 22,000 fans were in attendance, including 7,500 vaccinated health care workers that the NFL invited. Another fact Tampa Sports AUTH has approximately put 8 million dollars into RJ Stadium to produce an almost touchless experience for fans. The last fact is This was the second time appearance for the Buccaneers since around 2002 season with a 48-21out of the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII.
Morton East student Joshua said, “I’m happy that they continued the Super Bowl I’m a huge fan of Football, so I was really excited when they announced that they were going to keep it going.”
Morton East Student Michael Aldana said, “I was happy to hear that they continued the event because my family and I love the sport. I have family members who play football and most of us love to watch the sport either live or in person.”
But Cicero Resident Edna Avila feels different about the event and said, “Myself I don’t personally care for the Super Bowl but, I have nephew, brothers, cousins, who enjoy the sport and seeing them happy makes me feel happy so I’m glad they continued something that my family enjoys.”
Roberto Garcia • May 4, 2021 at 12:51 pm
(Judge) Great article very detailed with statistics of viewers in Morton and facts about the teams, I dont watch American Football but as a Football Soccer fan I would look at this super bowl as the champions league and I would also be happy for an event like this to happen during these hard times we are going thorugh.
Reporter • Mar 25, 2021 at 2:11 pm
I like how much info you incorporated into this article you did a good job on this I enjoyed reading it!
Reporter • Mar 25, 2021 at 1:25 pm
This is a great very detailed article, it included all the statistics of this year super bowl only wished you would’ve put down percentages from previous years so we could see the decrease in views. Also wish you could’ve included a background of the superbowl and the history of it for people that dont know much about the sport.
Sarai Hernandez 2 • Mar 25, 2021 at 9:44 am
I thought this year Super bowl was going to have even more viewers since were all home. I felt like this year Super bowl felt different and something was missing, amazing article!.
Kathryn Ruddy • Mar 23, 2021 at 2:29 pm
Excellent article! Nice to hear from different points of view.