Super Bowl 2012 News Updates

Tickets now on sale for NFL Experience, Super Bowl Village Zip Line

Fans from Indianapolis and elsewhere can now buy tickets to some of the biggest non-game festivities, including the NFL Experience at the Indiana Convention Center for $25, and a zip line tour through the Super Bowl Village, for $10 per person. More

NFL partners with Disney on Super Bowl training

The NFL has enlisted the Disney Institute to put on a training program for more than 20,000 employees who will interact with fans at the 2012 Super Bowl. The goal is to make visiting fans "feel like VIPs". The move is a response to serious logistical issues during the 2011 Super Bowl, when more than 3,000 ticket-holders wound up without seats. More

Giant Super Bowl ads planned for downtown buildings

Several building owners in Indianapolis are hoping to sell space for giant ads for NFL sponsors. The first two banners, for Frito Lay and Pepsi, will hang on two sides of the Pan Am Plaza office building. An Indianapolis consulting firm is leading an auction to sell space on 17 other prominent buildings. More

It's official: Madonna will provide half-time entertainment

The NFL announced this week that the pop star Madonna will sing at half-time of the big game on Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. It will be the first Super Bowl performance for Madonna. She follows The Black Eyed Peas and The Who as the most recent big-game performers. The Indiana University Marching Hundred will perform during the pre-game festivities. More

Visit the Super Bowl Village and NFL Experience

Even without tickets to the 2012 Super Bowl, sports fans of all ages can participate in the hoopla surrounding the big game. The Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee and the NFL have teamed to host people of all ages at NFL-themed events in the days leading up to the Super Bowl on Feb. 5, 2012.

The epicenter will be a Super Bowl Village along a three-block stretch of Georgia Street between the Indiana Convention Center and Conseco Fieldhouse. The street has been transformed into a pedestrian-focused and weather-sheltered boardwalk. Other highlights include a zip line down Capitol Avenue, the always popular NFL Experience and an opportunity to watch ESPN broadcast live from Pan Am Plaza from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5.

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Super Bowl Village & NFL Experience
In the days before the Super Bowl, the street will play host to a 10-day-long "interactive festival of football" showcasing all 32 NFL teams. Local and national bands will perform on two stages. Existing restaurants will be supplemented with temporary dining and retail options. And the former Nordstrom at Circle Centre will become The Huddle, a temporary attraction featuring a warming area, beer garden, merchandise shop, nightclub and live broadcasts of the Bob and Tom show. The Super Bowl Village will lead to a red-carpet entrance to the NFL Experience, which will set up shop in the Indiana Convention Center. The pro-football interactive theme park will take the entire 500,000-square-foot space starting in January, offering football clinics for children, autograph sessions and a massive memorabilia show.

NFL Experience, zip line tickets now on sale
Tickets for NFL Experience are now on sale through Ticketmaster. Kids 12 and under are $20, and adults are $25. Activities in the Super Bowl Village are free and open to the public, with the exception of a zip line through the village, which is $10 per person. The zip line down Capitol Avenue will be the longest temporary zip line in the U.S.