# Super Bowl crowd, huh? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409 "2021-02-08T00:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/21 "2021-02-08T11:48:17Z")
Is it any different than a person wanting to go to the game in person? Why would anyone want to pay thousands of dollars to get a worse view of the game from less comfortable seats? They want to be able to say “I was there”. And the cardboard cutouts let them do that (albeit to a lesser degree, but that’s why they’re cheaper). ---
**Author:** ![TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TiberiusNeroClaudius)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/22 "2021-02-08T13:31:52Z")
NASCAR will be allowing 35,000 fans (out of a 101,000 seating capacity) for the Daytona Florida race in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/23 "2021-02-08T13:35:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That shocked me when they mentioned it during the game. I simply can’t imagine paying a hundred dollars to have a picture of me placed at a Super Bowl game. Why? My guess is the money goes to charity, so that’s something of a consolation for the waste of money. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/24 "2021-02-08T13:45:50Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > How did they get permission for a stadium full of people when other sports are cardboard cutouts? Other sports, including the NFL regular season, have had spectators in limited capacity. The MLB playoffs had 10,000 per game, many NFL stadiums were allowed limited capacity through the regular season and playoffs, various NBA teams are allowing limited attendance. I’m unaware of any Covid tracking that’s taken place for these events to see if spreading people out and taking temperatures at the gate has worked, but there being people at the Super Bowl came as no surprise to many people. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/25 "2021-02-08T13:55:21Z")
According to this > **[Cardboard cutouts of Billie Eilish, Drake and 30,000 others fill Tampa...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/07/us/super-bowl-cardboard-cutouts-trnd/index.html)** > > The stadium is only half-full but you wouldn't know watching TV. " a portion" of the proceeds will go charity. You’d think the NFL could afford to donate it all, but “a portion” is something. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/26 "2021-02-08T13:56:46Z")
I assume the cost of _making_ the cardboard cutout comes out of the hundred bucks. ---
**Author:** ![FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friendlycurmudgeon/32/5786_2.png) [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/27 "2021-02-08T14:21:18Z")
Streets of Tampa, says [hold my beer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEhAUn56Z_s&feature=emb_title). Sometimes I have to go into the office to do work that can only be done on site, I got a notice last week saying I may have come across someone who has since tested positive for covid. Now I’m quarantined for two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/28 "2021-02-08T16:55:26Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > You do realize that most people aren’t looking at this as an actuarial exercise, right? They know they aren’t making a investment, it’s a lark. For sentimental reasons with a sweetener in that maybe it could maybe win them something. I do. That’s why I didn’t mention the lottery in my original post of the subject. My point was that I can’t imagine spending a significant sum of money on something this ridiculous and I was surprised there are apparently thirty five thousand people who feel otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/29 "2021-02-08T16:58:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is it any different than a person wanting to go to the game in person? In my opinion, yes, it’s completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/30 "2021-02-08T16:58:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My point was that I can’t imagine spending a significant sum of money on something this ridiculous and I was surprised there are apparently thirty five thousand people who feel otherwise. I’m guessing most of those 35,000 people don’t think of $100 as a “significant sum of money.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/31 "2021-02-08T16:59:43Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m guessing most of those 35,000 people don’t think of $100 as a “significant sum of money.” I feel a hundred dollars is an amount that anyone is going to feel is significant. If Bill Gates was walking down the street and saw a hundred dollar bill lying on the ground, he wouldn’t say “It’s only a hundred dollars. It’s not worth bending over to pick it up.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/32 "2021-02-08T17:07:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I feel a hundred dollars is an amount that anyone is going to feel is significant. We were talking about spending it for a chance to win two tickets to a Super Bowl. Basically a lark, with approximately 1:35,000 chance of winning. Sure, they’re probably throwing the money away, and they know that. That, to me, means they don’t think $100 is a significant sum. I get that. I’ve spent more for less. Hell, after a few drinks, I’ve been known to bet $100 per hand at blackjack. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/33 "2021-02-08T17:09:07Z")
Plenty of people spend two bucks on a lottery ticket with much worse odds. And lots of people will spend a hundred bucks on lottery tickets when the pot gets large enough. So I find it completely plausible that people would spend a hundred bucks on the chance that they might be able to attend the Super Bowl next year. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/34 "2021-02-09T16:51:23Z")
I’m standing on what I’ve said. If you’re somebody who can afford to toss away a hundred dollars on a “lark” then you’re not going to enter a lottery for a 35000-1 chance to win Super Bowl tickets. If you have that kind of money, you spend a couple thousand and you buy Super Bowl tickets. If, on the other hand, you’re somebody who regards Super Bowl tickets as a luxury beyond your means, then you’re not somebody who’s going to regard a hundred dollars as a trivial sum. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/35 "2021-02-09T16:57:36Z")
> [@saje](#): > > I’m not a football fan and could not care less about the Super Bowl, but I know this must be a huge deal for those workers who are there, and they deserve their night out for sure! Maybe, but I’ve seen a statement from someone claiming to be a health care worker who said “Keep the Superbowl tickets, if you want to make health care workers lives easier stop spreading the fucking virus so we can get a break, kthxbye.” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/36 "2021-02-09T16:58:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you’re somebody who can afford to toss away a hundred dollars on a “lark” then you’re not going to enter a lottery for a 35000-1 chance to win Super Bowl tickets. If you have that kind of money, you spend a couple thousand and you buy Super Bowl tickets. Nah. Had I known about this, I likely would have done it as well. I’m a Chiefs fan, and it would have been fun to have “been” at the game, and $100 is a reasonable cost for that experience. The lottery aspect wouldn’t really factor into it. I would have absolutely no interest in spending thousands of dollars on plane fare, a ticket and a hotel to attend. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/37 "2021-02-09T18:41:50Z")
I read someplace that the NFL sent those who paid for the cardboard cutouts a link to a website where they could use a stadium camera to get a closeup view of “their” cutout. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/38 "2021-02-09T18:55:39Z")
That’s pretty cool. I wanted to do it for the baseball season as well - but when I looked, the Royals were limiting it to season ticket holders. One of the guys I follow on Twitter had his right next to Steve Balboni, which was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/39 "2021-02-09T21:11:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > In my opinion, yes, it’s completely different. OK, so tell us why you would want to be at the game in person. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409/40 "2021-02-09T21:29:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > OK, so tell us why you would want to be at the game in person. For the obvious reasons. To watch the game. To be part of the crowd. To be able to tell people I was there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-crowd-huh/932409.md?page=3)