It’s a chance for celebrities to shine on football’s biggest stage, and fans are excited to see Rihanna “shine bright like a diamond” at the Super Bowl 2023 Halftime Show.
“I think it’ll be awesome. I love her; she’s got fire like no one else,” Jinese Williams said. Fans are already practicing their favorite song and speculating about a surprise on-stage guest.
After declining to perform in the 2019 halftime show, Rihanna stated that the timing and circumstances were right for her this time.
“I want her to call Jay-Z. “Run This Town,” let’s do it tonight in Phoenix,” Dalilah Toyosima told Scrippsnews.
Following the kneeling controversy involving Colin Kaepernick and the NFL in 2019, Rihanna declined the halftime show.
On Sunday, a story of progress — the superstar will be part of history as two Black quarterbacks take the field in a Super Bowl for the first time.
Despite having a large television audience, the NFL does not pay its performers, though it does cover their expenses.
According to Rihanna, this year’s Super Bowl show celebrates diversity.
“Representing for immigrants, representing for my country, Barbados, representing for Black women everywhere. That, I believe, is critical. “Seeing the possibilities is critical, and I’m honored to be here,” she said.
It’s a feeling fans look forward to experiencing on Sunday because it brings people of all races and generations together.
“My entire invitation revolves around Rihanna,” Toyosima explained. “We’re overjoyed.”
“I’m overjoyed,” Princess James exclaimed. “I’m excited to see her up there. I hope she’s dressed nicely. I hope she’s prepared to go because I’m ready to observe.”
Meanwhile, Yahoo News reports the inventory of Super Bowl LVII tickets began to pile up, and prices have steadily reflected it.
Tickets to see the Kansas City Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles have gradually decreased in price in every 24-hour window since Sunday night after coming into this week hot. According to data from multiple secondary ticket platforms, the resulting slide has driven “get in” prices for the cheapest possible seats down 30% — from nearly $6,000 late Sunday to around $4,200 Thursday afternoon.
What’s the reason?
According to data from online marketplace TicketIQ, daily inventory across the market increased by nearly 31% from Saturday to Tuesday, from around 2,600 available seats to nearly 3,400.
“With the price drop, Super Bowl 57 is the fifth-most expensive Super Bowl we’ve tracked,” TicketIQ CEO Jesse Lawrence said.
Interestingly, as of Thursday afternoon, the marketplace’s data puts this year’s Super Bowl in a virtual tie with last year’s in terms of the average ticket price (plus brokerage fees), with Super Bowl LVI settling in at $6,750 per seat versus $6,783 for Super Bowl LVII.
While some other sites have slightly different data on that average, the numbers all agree: This year’s average ticket price may fall below last season’s and end up being the cheapest average ticket since the New England Patriots faced the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. According to TicketIQ data, the average ticket price that season was $5,653.
The “get in” price of $4,259 for this year’s game would still have to drop significantly to fall below the cheapest seats in last year’s game, which leveled off and settled at $3,914.
Will the prices fall further? How demand affects inventory over the next three days will ultimately determine that. After peaking at just over 3,400 on Tuesday, available seats on the market appeared to have leveled off and were hovering steadily at 3,200 as of Thursday afternoon. That’s a fairly solid inventory level, but there is some expectation of a late-arriving buyer influx beginning Thursday, as holdouts who didn’t plan to spend extra vacation time in the Phoenix area will be arriving in the next 48 hours looking for seats.
“With only three days until game day, we’re seeing sales pick up, and prices drop — the last 24 hours saw the biggest jump in sales than any other 24-hour period this week on StubHub,” said Adam Budelli, StubHub’s director of partnerships and business development. “We expect ticket prices to level out, so if you see a ticket in your price range, we recommend purchasing it now because you never know how long that ticket will last.”
