After its founding in 1920, the NFL withstood several rival leagues before the AFL began play in 1960. The powerful and aggressive war for performers and fans led to stern discussions among the two leagues in 1966. Super Bowl was created as part of the union contract between the National Football League (NFL) and its reasonable rival, the American Football League (AFL).
The name comes from a college football game, which began in Pasadena, California, in 1902, was later named Tournament of Roses, and moved to the Rose Bowl Stadium in 1923. Pasadena Arena was named "Rose", since it was built to host the Competition of Roses football game and "Bowl" because it look like a bowl. Representing confusion between its location and the contest itself, the Competition of Roses quickly became known as the Rose Bowl. Taking advantage of the popularity of Rose Bowl stadium and the university contest game of the same name, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl football games were created in 1935 followed by the Cotton Bowl in 1937. Thus, "Bowl" became the standard definition and other "bowl games" were also created.
After the NFL and AFL merged, each league was renamed and then the game was played among the champions of the conference.
The day on which the Super Bowl is held is now named the "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second biggest day of food ingesting in the U.S., after Thanksgiving. Moreover, Super Bowl has often been the most watched television show of the year. Super Bowl XLV which was played in 2011 television was the most watched in U.S. antiquity, drawing an usual audience of 111 million viewers. Super Bowl is also among the most watched sporting events in the world, mainly because of the North American public.
Due to the increasing viewership, advertising time figures to show Super Bowl is the most expensive of the year. Given the high cost of Super Bowl advertising investment, production companies regularly advertise their most expensive programs for the show. Therefore, observing and discussing the show's advertisements has become an important aspect of the event. Also, many popular singers and musicians performed at the event, before the game and during halftime ceremonies.
