| Moss Inc. of Belfast created a 23-foot by 35-foot
aluminum and fabric replica of the Vince Lombardi Trophy that will rise
outside Alltel Stadium.
The Moss version is framed in aluminum and features fabric panels with images of past Super Bowls. "It was a huge project," said Jana McQuilkin of Moss, "and it went right down to the wire, including working last weekend." Most of Moss' fabrications are displayed indoors at conventions and other events. The Super Bowl creation will be outside the stadium's entrance, visible to the tens of thousands who will attend the National Football League's biggest event of the year. Another company with local ties, MBNA, is scheduled to air a
30-second ad during the televised coverage of the game, which is usually
the most-watched TV show of the year.
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The glass trophy, which
goes to the game's winner, this year either the New England Patriots of
the Philadelphia Eagles - features a football resting diagonally on a
pedestal and is 22 inches high.