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Now for the post-Super Bowl drop! Nearly 19 million employees are expected to miss work today and another 7 million are expected to be late after last night’s post-game celebrations.
- Hangover from Super Bowl celebrations likely to cost corporate America billions
- Meanwhile, consumer spending got a boost as 100 million attended parties.
Just over a tenth of the US workforce is expected to miss work today due to last night’s Super Bowl celebrations.
Broadcast in more than 180 countries, 192.9 million They are expected to have seen the underdog Kansas City Chiefs triumph over the Philadelphia Eagles last night.
But Americans will soothe their sore heads this morning, 18.8 million are expected to miss work and 7.8 million are expected to tell the Workforce Institute at UKG they would be late.
The Super Bowl is likely to cost American employers about $4.4 billion since almost 12% of the total active population takes free time.
Philadelphia Eagles fans react as they watch Super Bowl LVII at City Tap House last night
Philadelphia Eagles fans react to the score of the Super Bowl LVII game between the Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on Sunday night.
Yesterday’s Super Bowl was set to hit record viewing figuresan upward trend helped by streaming options added over the past decade.
As a result, now more than ever they will wake up hungover on ‘Super Bowl Monday’.
Google searches for ‘hangover remedies’ are up 130% in the last day, and ‘what to eat to cure a hangover’ is up 150%.
‘How to cure a hangover fast at work’ was listed as an ‘explosive’ trend at the time of writing.
while almost 40% of employees say they missed work or were late after a Super Bowl, more than a third still wouldn’t feel comfortable asking their employer for time off.
To avoid this, 4.7 million have decided they simply won’t show up.
Employers have cause for concern, as sick days alone will likely cost them up to $2.6 billion in productivity.
A third of workers say they will be less productive at work than usual today, with 18 to 34s the demographic most likely to be left out this morning.
23% of those absent will be employees who direct other people, they admitted.
While absenteeism is sure to hit businesses hard, the 42% who say Super Bowl Monday should be a holiday may be right; the event saw a big boost for consumer spending on food and beverages, an industry compensate the interruption during the pandemic.
Research from the National Retail Federation, which has been examining consumer spending around the event for more than a decade, showed that food and beverages were by far the most popular purchases among viewers.
Around 79% of Super Bowl-related purchases were consumables, with viewers spending an average of $85.36 each.
With 103.5 million planning to host or attend a party, and 17.8 million planning to watch the game at a bar or restaurant, spending on food and beverages is expected to have increased slightly more. $13 billion to the economy
Chaos erupted in the City of Brotherly Love following the Philadelphia Eagles’ narrow Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Several Eagles fans are likely to wake up this morning with pounding heads after the chaos following last night’s loss in Philadelphia.
Supporters stormed City Hall and clashed with police almost immediately after the team’s 38-35 loss on Sunday night.
Police scanner audio suggested they had made multiple arrests when citizens were seen climbing light poles and cursing at the Chiefs.
Social media footage also showed residents lighting fireworks, and others inciting armed peacekeeping SWAT teams.
The loss will be a hard pill to swallow, with the Chiefs losing most of the game.
The tight game was the first Super Bowl in which both teams scored at least 35 points.
The victory marks the Chiefs’ second in four years.