Local venues ready for Superbowl parties

With the respective conference championships of the National Football League less than a week away, it is certain that two teams from the remaining pool made up of the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Atlanta Falcons will represent their cities in the season’s climax on Sunday, Feb. 6 in Jacksonville, NC.

While thousands will flock to the southeast corner of the mainland to attend any one of the many Super Bowl-related festivities next month, Saipan-based companies have already begun tackling the task of preparing activities for the local football fan-base by securing venues for viewing gridiron gala that will actually take place on island the following day, Monday, Feb 7.

According to Mike Babauta of Pacific Trading Co., the local importer of Miller Lite and Coors Light will put on two parties at two different locales.

“We have already made arrangements with the Pacific Islands Club and the Dai Ichi Hotel Saipan Beach to host the daylong event. We will feature two of our top selling products, as the Coors Light party will be held at the PIC, and the Miller Lite party will be at the Dai Ichi,” said Babauta.

Babauta said that PTC and the venue hosts have not yet worked out all of the details, and that he was not ready to release the dollar amounts for either of the sites. He did, however, confirm that for the entry fee, patrons will receive a buffet and unlimited libations throughout the game.

The same goes for those who venture out to the Hafa Adai Beach Hotel this year for Bud Bowl 2005. MarPac Distributors announced that they will be putting on a celebration for the big game with two of their top-selling products, Budweiser and Bud Light.

According to Jojo Camacho of the promotions department, the doors to the Fiesta Hall will open at 8am Monday morning, and fans will have a great time.

“This will be the biggest Bud Bowl ever. We are going to give away a ton of prizes, and make this the biggest and baddest sporting event in the Marianas,” said Camacho.

Those in attendance also stand to win an assortment of prizes from all three venues, as the promotion directors plan to distribute more than just food, drinks, and entertainment. Now the only things missing for the big day are the teams.