Today is the big day for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots. Super Bowl XXXIX is here and while the game itself promises to be interesting, I have to wonder how much of XXXIX will end up being simply XXX. I do hope Paul McCartney keeps all his clothes on.
If you have ever spent time in Jacksonville, you know that while it may be the largest city in the country (square mileage, not population) there is not a lot to do, especially for the atypical Super Bowl crowd. To help alleviate the inevitable nightmare of insufficient sleeping space, restaurants and bars, five cruise ships are in town and available to anyone needing a hotel room. It should be a big money maker for them too, selling sleeping rooms, alcohol and food without the expense of actually sailing the ships. The only thing they will not be permitted is gambling. While the Tallyrand Terminal is reasonably near by, half of the six ship fleet will be docked in the north-east industrial part of town. Cost to the city: $11.7 million
Additionally, the City of Jacksonville has put together a themed entertainment festival, with live music, food, drinks and Super Bowl merchandise. Across the river is another temporary area, the NFL Experience. Water taxis will be in place to shuttle people across and back. And I am sure The Landing will have lots of themed events going on as well. If I were more interested in sharing space with the more than 80,000 people who will attend, I would consider driving up to check out the extras.
Any readers particularly interested in the game? I will probably tune in here or there, but my interest is minimal. I placed a random bet on the score at the end of each quarter, so maybe by the end of the day I will have won a few hundred dollars.
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The SuperBowl was a let-down as always because the underdog never seems to win. The commercials weren't all that great and they replayed some of them over and over again. I made a pretty good salsa cheese dip though so at least something was worthwhile.
I had a few favourites:
FedEx: Dancing Burt
CareerBuilder.com: Monkee Business
MasterCard: Mascots
Verizon Wireless: Snake Charmer
Ameriquest: Taser Scare
Nationwide: 15 Minutes
Bud Light: While You Were Out
And, of course, the banned Budweiser advert.
Oh my husband is a die hard Pats man, but the game totally sucked. Especially with the great season they had, we were quite disappointed.
Since I did not care either way, I had to root for the underdog.