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The Super Bowl XXXI occurred on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. This game saw the Green Bay Packers from the National Football Conference (NFC) clashing with the New England Patriots from the American Football Conference (AFC) with a final score of 35-21. Luther Vandross performed the National Anthem. The halftime show featured The Blues Brothers, James Brown, and ZZ Top. Fox broadcast the event to over 128.7 million viewers, and the cost for a 30-second commercial spot was $1.2 million. Advertisements included a somersaulting grandma for 'Lays,' a child's Pepsi can being crushed by Darth Vader using 'the force,' and a promo for 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park,' the second movie in the Jurassic Park series.
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