Super urgent question: What time does the Super Bowl start?

[mimieliza]

I'm trying to schedule a symphony concert and just found out that our concert date is Super Bowl Sunday.

What time does the Super Bowl start in Oregon? It's held in Arizona and they do something weird with the time zones - no DST or something.

If you can figure out what time it will be on on the West Coast you'll be my hero forever.

Thanks!

[jimmysgirl424]

Start time for the Super Bowl is 6pm Eastern, so it would be 3pm Pacific (West Coast) time.

[mimieliza]

Thank you! That really helps! :)

[MLA]

Having worked w/symphony orchestras pretty much my whole career, I can say w/confidence that you should expect a lower turnout at the SuperBowl Sunday concert than normal -- even if it's not scheduled to happen at the exact same time as the SuperBowl. People are busy partying that day.

[mimieliza]

I know. We scheduled the concert months ago without realizing the conflict. And the SB is smack dab in the middle of the day. We're debating what to do. It's a small community orchestra, we have a soloist from Minnesota coming in for that concert, but we really need to have a good audience turn out.

I swear I though the SB was in January! Grrrr...

[sparkle&shine]

The game kicks off at 4:18 AZ time which is 6:18 EST. West coast time will be 3:18.