How do you get tickets for the Super Bowl and how much do they cost? Everything you need to know for a bucket list trip

With more than 140 million Americans alone tuning in, you aren't alone if watching the biggest event in NFL is on your bucket list.

As with any major sporting final these days, it's not as simple as allocating a 50/50 split of the stadium to the two sides competing for the Super Bowl and allowing them to be sold to fans. In fact the number of diehard supporters from each side in the final will actually be far lower than you might think - with thousands of briefs set aside for VIPs, tourists and football fans just wanting to experience the greatest show on turf live.

This year just over 70,000 fans will be inside the Caesars Superdome to see the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles battle it out for the iconic Vince Lombardi Trophy, and that makes tickets for the match very hot property indeed. Clubs are typically allocated 35 percent of the tickets for their season ticket holders, meaning that fans could make up just 17.5 percent of the support at each end. Those with season tickets are then entered into a lottery for tickets and, if they are one of the lucky ones, have the chance to buy one at face value - with prices this year starting at an eyewatering $950.

But if you live in Scotland the chances are that you don't hold a season ticket at an NFL side, so here Record Sport can give you some of the other ways to secure a spot with the likes of Taylor Swift in the stand.

Yes. Technically, you could just log onto the NFL website and buy your ticket. But you'll have to buy well in advance, before you even have an idea of who could be playing. A small number of tickets are available at face value, but many are snapped up brokers - who then resell them once they know who is looking more likely to make it. A lot are