Football fans nationwide are under pressure from Super Bowl LVIII, even as the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs get ready to play for the ultimate prize.
There’s the added stress of logistics on top of wondering what song Usher will open with during his much-anticipated halftime show (“Burn” or bust).
Is throwing a party at your house worth the trouble? If so, how are you going to get rid of any lingerers from the game? Do you really have to act excited that your “healthy friend” brought vegetable chips once more? Is it a bad idea to make a drinking game out of counting the number of times someone brings up the potential for a Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce romance?
You’re not alone if you found yourself thinking about any of the extremely serious questions listed above.
Because of this, ESPN partnered with SmithGeiger Group’s market researchers to conduct a survey among fans in the last week of the 2023 NFL regular season to learn more about how Americans will be commemorating the prestigious Super Bowl Sunday tradition.
2,049 U.S. citizens answered our survey. 74% of respondents indicated they would watch at least some of the game.
Of them, 51% identified as female, 48% as male, and 1% as nonbinary.
Among those polled, 37% gave their age as being between 18 and 34. Thirteen percent of respondents are in the age groups of 35–49 and 50–64.
The highest percentages of fans surveyed were for the Dallas Cowboys (8%), Kansas City Chiefs (5%), Pittsburgh Steelers (5%), Philadelphia Eagles (4%) and New York Giants (4%) teams.
As of the time of reporting, 4% of respondents supported the Niners and 6% supported the Chiefs in the championship game.
Sin City meets the Super Bowl, and the Super Bowl meets Sin City. The NFL championship game is traveling to Las Vegas for the first time in its illustrious history. Even though the Super Bowl is a spectacle unto itself, the famous host city will undoubtedly kick the party up a notch because that’s how they roll.
However, fans who choose to watch the Big Game from a distance disagree greatly about what makes for the best viewing experience. Half of the respondents said they would throw a party or go to someone else’s house for the occasion, while the other half said they would watch the game alone or with their immediate
