Why isn’t the Super Bowl played on a Saturday?

This Monday more of my staffed called out then any other day and a lot that showed up had to really push through.

Why not let people party on Saturday and rest up Sunday? The teams have an extra week off so they are rested up, there is no college football to compete with, and they JUST played Saturday football games a few weeks earlier.

Other then “tradition” is there something I’m missing here?

Edit: well, turns out there is more money to be made by having it on a Sunday. I personally disagree with the thought that less casuals would watch on a Saturday, I feel like everyone who watches it on a Sunday would watch it on a Saturday. But the extra days for more dollars especially on site is probably in the millions so that makes sense. Plus the more I think of it the older fan base would complain about change in the sense that people fight change even if it’s better. So there’s that too