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A record Super Bowl crowd of about 105 000 people is expected to attend the February 6 championship game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL officials said on Thursday.
That total, however, includes 5 000 people who will pay $200 each to watch the spectacle on giant television screens outside $1.3 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said.
The stadium will seat 95 000 spectators, including those in luxury suites, and another 5 000 members of the NFL staff or media.
If expectations are met, the throng in and around the stadium could exceed the population of Green Bay, Wisconsin - a north-central US city of about 104 000 people whose gridiron love predates the formation of the NFL.
The standing record Super Bowl attendance of 103 985 was set in 1980 when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, site of the 1994 Soccer World Cup final.
A record Super Bowl crowd of about 105 000 people is expected to attend the February 6 championship game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL officials said on Thursday.
That total, however, includes 5 000 people who will pay $200 each to watch the spectacle on giant television screens outside $1.3 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said.
The stadium will seat 95 000 spectators, including those in luxury suites, and another 5 000 members of the NFL staff or media.
If expectations are met, the throng in and around the stadium could exceed the population of Green Bay, Wisconsin - a north-central US city of about 104 000 people whose gridiron love predates the formation of the NFL.
The standing record Super Bowl attendance of 103 985 was set in 1980 when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, site of the 1994 Soccer World Cup final.
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