(SIOUX CITY, IA) A seat at the Super Bowl costs thousands, But Sunday, a seat at your favorite, local restaurant was a much better deal.
Bob Roe's has wings, pizza, beer, pretty much everything you need for the big game, but the manager says, this is one of the slowest nights of the year.
The seats are empty and the tables are bare, yet dozens of TVs are tuned in playing the game America waits all year to see. So why a lack of business?
"I think it's because they changed the game to late at night. Years ago they had the game in the afternoon so it would start at 2, and you'd be home and in bed by 8 o'clock at night and I think there's a majority of house parties. We have a lot of deliveries and a lot of pick-ups," says Terri Rexius, a manager at Bob Roe's.
So many, in fact, that those to-go orders make up the difference for the slow, indoor dining. A trade-off Rexius says works for her.
It was the same story at Buffalo Wild Wings, where its longest wait was 10 minutes.
"I think its kind of a traditional thing, you know, you watch football with your friends and family and it's a chance for people to host their own parties and make their own snacks," says Penelope Anderson, a manager at Buffalo Wild Wings in Sioux City.
While customers in the restaurant didn't have to wait, it was several hours to get wings to go.
Back at Bob Roe's, Brady Salmon came out to watch the game rooting for the Baltimore Ravens.
"They just have really good offense, and really good defense. Which, my dad doesn't agree with me, but he's wrong, they're really good and Ray Lewis is going to finish out the Super bowl," says Salmon.
An accurate prediction called hours before the game ended.
Bob Roes made more than 6 thousand wings for the big Game, which is easily comparable to the amount it makes a week for wings Wednesday.
And Buffalo Wild Wings says it had more than 1,000 orders for wings, with each order containing between 100-250 wings.
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