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Super Bowl Monday Could Sideline 26M Workers, Cost Billions in Lost Productivity

William Attardi on February 5, 2026

When the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots face off this Sunday for Super Bowl LXat Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, both teams will be hoping to break some football records. But another type of record could be set in the wake of the big game: Super Bowl Monday could set a record for the second straight year for U.S. employees who plan to miss work, according to UKG’s annual Super Bowl Fever Absenteeism Survey. An estimated 26.2 million employed Americans say they will miss work the day after the big game, surpassing 2025’s record-setting 22.6 million employees and potentially costing upwards of $5.2 billion in lost work and productivity. Super Bowl Monday Could Sideline 26M Workers – Facility Executive Magazine

Special Did You Know: Price of a Super Bowl Ticket

William Attardi on February 5, 2026

The cheapest Super Bowl LX tickets have already been priced at $6,652.  The most expensive Super Bowl ticket currently available is $59,920, which gives access to a VIP seat in section 139 at Levi’s Stadium. Historically, the most expensive ticket was a $434,000 at 200-Level Club Suite ticket for Super Bowl LI in 2017. For the 2025 Super Bowl, the average ticket price was around $8,076, with the cheapest tickets starting at $3,000. At the first Super Bowl back in 1967, the average price was $12.00. Super Bowl ticket price history, increases, average costs to attend

Super Bowl I: 1967

Date: Jan. 15, 1967

Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, California)

Average Ticket Price: $12

Inflation Price: $115.87

Attendance: 61,946

Matchup: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Outcome: Packers def. Chiefs, 35-10.

 

Super Bowl LIX: 2025

Date: Feb. 9, 2025

Location: Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Average Ticket Price: $8,076

Inflation Price: $8,201.84

Attendance: 65,719

Matchup: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Outcome: Eagles def. Chiefs, 40-22.

Remembering the Solemn Purpose of Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the last Monday in May to honor and mourn U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the armed forces. The holiday traces its roots to the years immediately following the American Civil War (1861–1865), which caused massive casualties—roughly 620,000 soldiers dead, about 2% of the U.S. population at the time. Communities across the North and South began spontaneously decorating the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and flags, a practice that gave rise to the original name: Decoration Day. On May 5, 1868, Major General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)—a powerful Union veterans’ organization—issued General Order No. 11. This proclaimed May 30, 1868, as a nationwide “Decoration Day” to honor those who died in the Civil War. After World War I, the holiday expanded to honor all American service members who died in any war, not just the Civil War.  In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act to create more three-day weekends for federal employees. This moved Memorial Day to the last Monday in May, effective in 1971, when it was also officially named “Memorial Day.” As one 1868 quote put it: “That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be respected and honored itself.”