There Will Be No Chick-fil-A for Super Bowl Attendees, $3,000 Tickets Be Damned

No spicy chicken sandwiches for Super Bowl attendees

Super Bowl LIII will be held Sunday, February 3 in Atlanta, and though Mercedes-Benz Stadium is home to a Chick-fil-A, the controversial fast-food chain will maintain its policy of being closed on Sundays. While the restaurant has occasionally opened certain locations on Sunday for good causes, feeding ravenous football fans who are coughing up on average more than $3,000 per ticket apparently does not qualify. (There will be cheap beer and hot dogs, however.)

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