One other 12 months, one other Tremendous Bowl.
The “By no means Miss a Tremendous Bowl Membership” members have continued their practically six-decade streak by touring to New Orleans to see the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tackle the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Feb. 9.
The group’s founding members, Don Crisman, 88, and Tom Henschel, 82, have been each in attendance on the AFL-NFL World Championship Recreation on the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1967, which might later turn into generally known as Tremendous Bowl I. Gregory Eaton, 85, can be a remaining member of the group.
Talking with native outlet FOX8 forward of Sunday’s Large Recreation, Crisman stated of his fellow membership members, “It’s nice to get with these guys once more.”
Eaton informed the outlet that the Louisiana metropolis is his “favourite metropolis to look at the Tremendous Bowl” due to the folks and the climate. Henschel agrees saying, “No person can get together like New Orleans.” Nonetheless, he additionally has a nasty reminiscence of practically lacking a earlier Tremendous Bowl within the metropolis.
The 12 months was 1972 and Henschel stated he awakened early within the morning in downtown New Orleans on the day of the sport and “couldn’t breath.” He ended up being hospitalized, however he knew it wouldn’t hold him down. “I took the IV out of my arm … and I bailed out of that hospital,” he recalled.
Crisman added, “I had no dream that it will be what it’s in the present day.”
Regardless of the membership’s reputation, the three males nonetheless buy their very own tickets to the sport. Crisman and Henschel claimed that the Nationwide Soccer League has solely purchased them tickets as soon as, however Eaton stated he has by no means been comped tickets by the league.
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In 2024, Crisman spoke to ipromiseyoumedia in an unique interview about his private expertise attending the high-profile soccer sport and the way it has modified through the years. On the time, he was gearing as much as attend his 58th Tremendous Bowl in Las Vegas.
He stated that snagging a ticket to the sport has turn into more and more tougher because of the excessive value.
“I believe the primary Tremendous Bowl [ticket] was $12 and now they’re in 4 figures,” Crisman informed ipromiseyoumedia. “It appeared like the typical individual might attend again in these first 20 years.”
Tremendous Bowl LIX, performed at Caesars Superdome, airs Feb. 9 on FOX.