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This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. Although nobody will be tailgating outside of Lucas Oil Stadium this Sunday (the NFL has banned tailgating at the Super Bowl for years) most of you will be watching it at home, a friend’s house or even at a bar. Outside of the competition on the field, many viewers will be more looking forward to the innovative and creative commercials that air in between breaks in the action.
Breaking from our normal topic of all tailgating all the time, we wanted to share with you some of our favorite Super Bowl commercials from the past 10 to 15 years. Keep in mind that this collection of ads were not voted “the best” by the USA Today Ad Meter but merely are the ones we thought we the most creative and humorous in our opinion. In no particular order:
Snickers starring Betty White
Volkswagen – The Force
Reebok – Terry Tate Office Linebacker
Doritos – Laundromat
Etrade – Milkaholic
Godaddy – Proceedings
Visa – Snow Volleyball
Doritos – House sitting
If you believe we left your favorite off this list, feel free to suggest it in the comments section below.
Although we have known about the tailgating game Tailgate Shootout for a while now, we caught up with Wayne, the inventor of the game, out in Las Vegas during the Sports Licensing & Tailgate Show. He was gracious enough to have his referee booth babes demonstrate how the game is played for our video camera.
(Please excuse the idiots walking in front of the camera. Apparently the red light on the front of it wasn’t enough to let them know they should walk around behind it.)
A few weeks ago we were out at the Sports Licensing & Tailgate Show in Las Vegas. While there we discovered a lot of new tailgating gear and games and basically a lot of really cool stuff. One very cool (literally and figuratively) piece of gear we found out there was the TurboChill. What this product does is it flash chills beer down to 35 – 42 degrees from a keg of beer that is room temperature. We shot this video with Tim Fenner, the distributor of the TurboChill, to show you how it works.
To learn more about the TurboChill, visit their website at turbochill.com
This is a guest post written by the team at Majestic Realty and Los Angeles Stadium. Despite not having an NFL team that calls Los Angeles home, two stadium projects are in the works, both vying for an NFL team to commit to relocating to Los Angeles or the NFL granting an expansion franchise. We have chosen to publish this guest post expanding on the benefits and vision of the LA Stadium because it is our opinion that after examining both projects, that LA Stadium is in the best position to meet the needs, wants and expectations of tailgaters. As an advocate supporting tailgaters and promoting the tailgate party lifestyle, it is our opinion that the creators and project managers of LA Stadium share the same passion and respect for tailgating as we do. We would encourage you to read on knowing that this was written by the team at Majestic Realty and Los Angeles Stadium but we agree with all that is said.
LOS ANGELES STADIUM
INSPIRED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA…DESIGNED FOR THE NFL
As football fans prepare for Super Bowl XLVI, the team at Majestic Realty is preparing the next great sports destination in Southern California, Los Angeles Stadium.
Los Angeles Stadium is our vision for the future of the NFL in our region. Shovel ready, we maintain a philosophy that our final product should draw from two key principles:
Football is a fundamentally different experience for fans than other sports.
We must capture the Southern California Lifestyle.
With those two principles in mind and a 600-acre blank canvas, we are designing what will become the greatest football experience in NFL history.
FOOTBALL ISN’T FOOTBALL UNLESS YOU CAN TAILGATE
Like most fans, we believe that football isn’t football unless you can tailgate. Football is the only sport where each week the pregame and post-game is just as important as what takes place on the field. We understand this philosophy and take it to heart. This is why we believe our location is the best for the NFL and offers the league and the future team no compromises. We have no compromises on parking, tailgating, traffic woes, retail destinations and other amenities for the fans.
Our location allows us to draw from four counties and over 15.5 million fans and is based on the top stadium models in the NFL like Dallas, New England, Miami, Washington and other areas. Because of our location, you won’t have to fight traffic and you won’t have to search for parking.
(Also a unique and strategic part of our stadium design is we will build in a way that prevents car and pedestrian traffic from intersecting. This big thing is often overlooked but will drastically reduce the amount of traffic issues.)
600 ACRES!!! OPEN SPACE IS KEY TO A GOOD TAILGATE
With 600 acres, we can work with fans and the league to design a perfect tailgate and one that resembles the Southern California Lifestyle. For instance, our plans include wave pools for surfing, mountain walls for rock climbing and a one of a kind skate park for future X-Games.
In addition, we will have unbelievable amounts of open space that will allow for traditional tailgate activities. Fans don’t want to sit at a chain restaurant and they don’t like the idea of being cornered in a parking garage where you can’t see the sun and you have no place to tailgate. They want to show up with a grill, a cooler, a big screen, an RV or a truck and enjoy the day. Because our location is outside of the urban core, we have plenty of space and on-site parking so you don’t have to walk. And for those who want to take public transportation, we will have an on-site Metro Link station and one of the largest bus staging sites in the area. (But we know you can’t transport your grill via bus…which is why fewer than 8,000 fans use public transportation to football games in NYC.)
WE NEED YOUR INPUT
Here is the fun part…We are looking for fans, enthusiasts and tailgating experts to share with us some of the best ideas for the future development of our site. Do you have an idea on how to make our site unique to Southern California or do you have thoughts on how we can upgrade the quality of a traditional tailgate?
If so, we need to hear from you. This stadium will be designed for the fans and for the ultimate tailgate experience.
Also, please check out the official LA Stadium website at www.lastadium.la
Favorite Super Bowl Commercials
January 31, 2012 in Commentary
This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. Although nobody will be tailgating outside of Lucas Oil Stadium this Sunday (the NFL has banned tailgating at the Super Bowl for years) most of you will be watching it at home, a friend’s house or even at a bar. Outside of the competition on the field, many viewers will be more looking forward to the innovative and creative commercials that air in between breaks in the action.
Breaking from our normal topic of all tailgating all the time, we wanted to share with you some of our favorite Super Bowl commercials from the past 10 to 15 years. Keep in mind that this collection of ads were not voted “the best” by the USA Today Ad Meter but merely are the ones we thought we the most creative and humorous in our opinion. In no particular order:
Snickers starring Betty White
Volkswagen – The Force
Reebok – Terry Tate Office Linebacker
Doritos – Laundromat
Etrade – Milkaholic
Godaddy – Proceedings
Visa – Snow Volleyball
Doritos – House sitting
If you believe we left your favorite off this list, feel free to suggest it in the comments section below.
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