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GO FIGURE
Mark Bechtel
September 02, 2002
19,000Hotel rooms already booked in metro Detroit for the 2006 Super Bowl at Ford Field.
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September 02, 2002

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19,000
Hotel rooms already booked in metro Detroit for the 2006 Super Bowl at Ford Field.

$845 million
Value of the Washington Redskins, according to Forbes magazine's annual ranking of pro football franchises. The Redskins have topped the list for three consecutive years. The average value of an NFL team, according to Forbes, is $531 million.

2,081
Ranking on Amazon.com's sales list for Bud, Sweat and Tees: A Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour before Rich Beem won the PGA Championship. The book, written by SI's Alan Shipnuck, chronicles Beem's 1999 rookie season.

8
Ranking on the list after Beem's win.

92-10
Combined 2002 win-loss record of Venus and Serena Williams heading into the U.S. Open.

40,210
Average daily attendance at the First Union Center for the five-day 2002 X Games in Philadelphia, a 13% increase over last year's daily attendance at the same venue.

$1.2 million
Received by Little League baseball in 2001 from ABC and ESPN as part of a six-year deal worth more than $7 million.

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