This

weekend brings the last week of regular season NFL

football, which means in five short weeks it will be time

for the Super Bowl.

Though the

disappointing season from the Atlanta Falcons may have

clouded much of the season for football fans in Georgia,

we should remember that Atlanta is the host of the Super

Bowl this year. That means that for one entire week, the

party is here.

One of the

best elements of an NFL Super Bowl party is the

interactive theme park that has followed the Super Bowl

for a number of years, the NFL Experience. The NFL

Experience offers more than 50 games across 15 acres

under one roof. The games give participants an

opportunity to run, pass, kick and punt as well as

experience the same drills as the pros.

Among some

of the games this year are Adidas' "Run to

Daylight," where fans try to match strides over 40

yards with flashing lights that represent running back

Eddie George; "Fair Catch," where adults and

children attempt to field a booming punt launched from an

automated machine; and the "NFL Training Camp,"

where participants run through a football obstacle course

complete with ropes, tackling dummies, a maze of cones

and inflatable players that one must dive over.

The NFL

Experience also will have an area designed especially for

the kids called the "DK Play Football Kids'

Zone." The area offers four acres of games and

attractions, including a turbo slide and a suspended tube

maze. More than 30 NFL stars will make appearances and

sign autographs at the Topps Super Bowl XXXIV Card Show

or they can view the spectacular visual history of the

NFL at the Throwbacks Museum, which displays authentic

artifacts that are on loan from the Pro Football Hall of

Fame.

Tickets are

on sale now for the NFL Experience, which will be at the

Georgia World Congress Center. Tickets are $15 for adults

and $10 for children 12 and under. Call Ticketmaster at

404-249-6400 or visit a ticketmaster outlet. Tickets will

be sold at the gate Jan. 27.

Proceeds

from the NFL Experience benefit the NFL/Youth Education

Town in Atlanta, an educational and recreational facility

designed to improve the academic and physical fitness of

at-risk youth. Established in 1993, YET Centers are the

living legacies of Super Bowl host cities. The Atlanta

facility was created after Super Bowl XXVIII.