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Super Bowl XLI
Super numbers
A numerical look at the big game and its impact.
By TOM JONES
Published February 2, 2007
Money matters
$5,540 - Average price of the average Super Bowl ticket on the resale market.
$2,700 - Price, on the resale market, of an upper end zone seat for Sunday's game.
$9,000 - Price of a "good midlevel" seat for the Super Bowl that's being auctioned on eBay this week.
$2,500 - Price of a ticket to the Super Bowl Playboy party Saturday at American Airlines Arena.
$73,000 - Share for each player on the winning team.
$38,000 - Share for each player on the losing team.
$5,000 - League pays as much as this amount for each of 150 rings for the winning team.
$261-million - Economic impact generated by Super Bowl XL last year in Detroit, according to a study commissioned by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.
$350-million - Estimated impact on South Florida generated by this year's Super Bowl, which is expected to attract about 125,000 visitors from out of town.
$1,192 - Price of a ticket to the Super Bowl Hawaiian Tropic Party, which promises more than 100 Hawaiian Tropic girls Saturday at a South Beach nightclub.
$1,000 - Price of a ticket for Saturday's Penthouse Magazine's "Goin' Deep Super Party," which will feature a performance by Snoop Dogg, 28 Penthouse Pets and the selection of the 2007 Penthouse Pet of the Year at midnight.
$150,000 - How much some homeowners are getting to rent out their house for this week.
$1,200-$1,875 One night's stay this week at the Delano Hotel on South Beach. The Setail Hotel wants $950 to $9,000 a night for suites.
$599 - Nightly rate (minimum four-night stay) this week at the Hampton Inn in Hallandale Beach. The room normally goes for $179 to $229 a night.
$2.6-million - The charge CBS is thought to have asked advertisers to air a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl.
$162-million - Dollars some analysts calculate that employers will pay fans for every 10 unproductive moments they spend discussing or reading about the Super Bowl.
$12,000 - Price you are likely to pay to rent a Ferrari in Miami for the week.
$8,000 - Price you are likely to pay to rent a limousine in Miami for the week.
Compiled by Times researcher Caryn Baird and staff writer Tom Jones.
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