About Super Bowl Sunday The Super Bowl was first played on January 15, 1967, as part of a merger agreement between the NFL (National Football League) and AFL (American Football League). After a merger in 1970, each league became a "conference" and the game is now played between conference champions to determine the overall championship. The winning team receives the Vince Lomardi Trophy, named after the coach of the Green Bay Packers, who won the first two Super Bowl games and 3 of the 5 preceding NFL championships (1961, 1962, and 1965). The day on which the Super Bowl is played, is now considered a de facto American national holiday - called Super Bowl Sunday. The broadcast of the football game is the most watched American television broadcast and boasts the most expensive commercial airtime of the year. Exclusive television broadcast rights for the Super Bowl rotate each year among 4 major American television networks: CBS, FOX, ABC and NBC. Because of the high viewership and commerical expense, watching and discussing the broadcast's commericals have become a significant part of the event. Super Bowl games are numbered by using roman numerals. Super Bowl III was the first game to be numbered. In 2012, Super Bowl XLVI will be played by the American Football Conference (AFC) champion and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion to determine the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2011 season. The game will be played at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indiana on February 5, 2012.

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