Study: El Paso the 4th worst large city for football fans
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — With Super Bowl LVI just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its Super Bowl LVI By The Numbers infographic with its report on 2022’s Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary.
To determine the best places for loving on America’s favorite sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from the number of NFL and college football teams to stadium capacity to fan engagement.
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Football Fandom in El Paso (1=Best, 122=Avg.):
- 192nd – Performance Level of College Football (FBS & FCS) Team(s)
- 44th – Min. Season Ticket Price for College Football Game
- 205th – College Football Stadium Capacity
- 230th – College Football Fan Engagement
El Paso ranks No 209 overall and No. 43 among large cities.
For the full report, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-football-fans/9691
Super Bowl LVI By The Numbers
- $6,214: The average cost of a ticket to the past five Super Bowls.
- $5,397: Lowest price of a Super Bowl LVI ticket on the resale market three days after the Conference Championships (29% decrease from 2021).
- It is the 2nd time in a row when Coca-Cola won’t air an ad during the Super Bowl.
- 70,000 fans will be at SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl LVI (50 vaccinated fans received free tickets from the NFL in 2021).
- 60%: Share of Americans who say they are unlikely to host or attend a Super Bowl party this year.
- 195%: 20-year increase in the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad (hitting a record cost of $6.5 million for a spot in 2022).
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