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SuperBowl: Friends, Food and of course Football

It's that Sunday of the year when all of America is in party mood no matter what's happening in the nation or around the world. Super Bowl is one event which had helped Americans forgot the gloomy news of 2001 dot-com bust, 2009 great recession and recently pandemic induced lockdowns. Over 100 million Americans would be tuned to TV with family and friends and enjoying the much deserved matchup - Colts vs Chiefs. This is also significant in terms of generational shift. It's first time when the baton of quarterbacks would be passed from likes of Tom Brady/Aaron Rodgers to young, energetic African-Americans - Jalen Hurts (Age 24) and Patrick Mahomes (Age: 27). Their styles, risk-taking attitudes and running should make this an exciting matchup.  And when it comes to economic impact of Super Bowl - here are some numbers: Boost to local economy of host city Phoenix is going to be around $600-700M 325 million gallons of beer would be consumed on Super Bowl day - that's almost