The Minnesota Super Bowl Committee released the final economic impact via social media this week, showing some staggering numbers for the weeklong football-themed week.
Once the Super Bowl in Minneapolis was over, we heard a lot of stories about how bad Eagles fans had been throughout the playoffs. Well, there were also good, charitable Eagles fans and they were recently rewarded by the Vikings.
If you were watching the Super Bowl Sunday night and saw that Dodge Ram 1500 commercial and thought it was a reference to the Minnesota Vikings, you weren't alone.
It has been 14 years in the making. Since 2004, the Philadelphia Eagles have been waiting to rematch New England Patriots. The last time the two teams went head-to-head, Super Bowl XXXIX, the Pats claimed a 24-21 victory. Today was the Eagles' chance to make a comeback and finally claim a Super Bowl victory of their own. Did they pull it out?
Fresh into Minnesota, these fans with opposing rooting interests went to battle in the hopes of determining knowledge supremacy about the state hosting the big game.
Football stars like Stefon Diggs, Jerome Bettis, Luke Kuechly, and Kyle Rudolph all competed alongside farmers for a chance to win the coveted Farm Bowl Championship Thursday.
With the Super Bowl being in Minneapolis, plenty of big names are arriving. NFL Superstar JJ Watt is arriving and even gave a shoutout to Duluth in a tweet as he arrived.
Super Bow 52 will have Justin Timberlake as the halftime show, and his press conference was held today talking about everything from his birthday to where he's eaten so far while in Minnesota.