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Super Bowl Sunday has become an international holiday, but anew survey conducted by Visa shows that spending won't be taking a break.Sure, we're all familiar with the extravagant dollars that are thrown at Super Bowl ads($3.5 million for a 30-second spot this year), but Visa's research suggests that peoplewill be spending a pretty penny on their parties, too.The average Super Bowlparty host will dish out $118.80 this year, which includes food, drinks and all sortsof other knickknacks.Men lead the way with an average $123 in spending, whilewomen come in at $114. As far as age groups go, the 35-49 category spends the most ($149)while the 25-34 year-old demographic spends the least ($117).Even though SuperBowl XLVI will pit two Northeastern teams together (the New England Patriots and New York Giants),Northeasterners plan to spend only $119, compared to Southerners, who are expecting tospend $128.Now if only they could only tell us how much money the average person plans to bet on the SuperBowl, we'd have some great Sunday conversation. Continue Reading
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