The Super Bowl halftime show’s ginormous price tag isn’t aboutpaying the artists.
They do it for free.
Their halftime performance blew that out of the water.
What goes into a performance that costs up to $1 million a minute to put on?
Part of the Super Bowl halftime show’s cost has to do with props.
As CNBC points out, the NFL foots the bill for stagehands, band dues, and production costs.
Those were things the NFL put on its credit card bill (viaBBC).
Suffice to say that production costs have sky-rocketed since.
That’s thanks to the extremely complicated logistics involved in stage assembly, costume changes, and audio.
“It’s like a big jigsaw puzzle.”
Right around the time thatThe Weekndperformed at the 2021 show?
The NFL was working with artists and scouting locations for 2022.
The most vital of these are those involved in stage set-ups.
Thirty-eight 12-person carts are required for the stage.
Nineteen six-person carts are required for audio.
When rehearsals start, crew members and performers often work 12-13 hour days.
All of that, for what is, according to Quenzel, a detail.
“It’s never lost on us that we’re the side show,” he toldReuters.
