Super Bowl sponsors: $1 million down, $13 million to go - Phoenix - MSNBC.com

"After locking up the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation as the first major corporate sponsor for 2008's Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, the game's host committee is entering a critical period where the bulk of its major partners will be courted and, it is hoped, landed.

The Super Bowl XLII Host Committee announced the $1 million Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation deal just days before Christmas, but a post-holidays push is planned to bring in a number of major corporate partners over the next six to eight months. "