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**SUPERBOWL 2009-2010 EVENTS!**  Half-Time Show: The Who, one of the world's greatest and most dynamic rock bands, will perform on CBS Sports at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida

Fan Jam: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning superstar Rihanna and others will rock the South Beach crowd at the Pepsi Superbowl Fan Jam.

Superbowl Saturday Night: This is the ultimate NFL fan celebration held the night before the Super Bowl. This free, outdoor, evening event will feature a live musical act on the beach in Fort Lauderdale. The night will be capped off by a 20-minute Super Bowl fireworks spectacular. Gates open at 4pm on Saturday, February 6th.

** A LITTLE HISTORY: **  Surprisingly, given the importance of the game, Superbowl history is rather brief: the first Superbowl championship was held in 1967.  Bowl games are nothing new in football, but the Super Bowl elevated the practice to an American sports tradition. It all started as a way for the champions of the two pigskin leagues of the time, the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL), to determine who really was Number One.

Superbowl I, which capped off the 1966 season, took place on January 15, 1967 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Almost 62,000 fans were in the stadium to see Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers teach the Kansas City Chiefs a painful lesson about who was boss, to the tune of 35-10. Millions more watched the super cool new bowl game on TV; and thus a new football tradition was born.

** TRADITIONAL SUPERBOWL ACTIVITIES: ** Few among us haven't attended at least one Superbowl party. Whether a tailgate party outside with hot dogs and hamburgers, a Superbowl bar party with beer and pretzels, or a full-fledged soiree with 20 friends in front of a new big-screen TV, most of us have enjoyed Super Bowl camaraderie in the past and will do so again.

By the time the game starts, the average true fan will have been partying for hours, chatting with friends about the upcoming game, downing lots of snacks, and watching the copious Superbowl pre-game shows on the tube. Few Sundays in the year are nearly as popular as Superbowl Sunday.

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