Super Bowl XLVI
A mural is set up as part of Super Bowl XLVI festivities in Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 30, 2012. The New England Patriots will play the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. REUTERS/Jim Young

As Super Bowl XLVI odds-makers predict who will win the big game, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino are making a friendly bet that will leave one lucky family feeling even better about their team's big win.

Bloomberg announced the wager Tuesday in an e-mail during which he also implored New Yorkers to wear blue on Friday as part of a citywide Big Blue Friday to show their support for the Giants.

If the New York Giants beat the Patriots on Sunday, one New York City family will receive a Super Tour of Boston, and if the New England Patriots beat the Giants, then one Boston family will be treated to a Super Tour of New York City. The contest's winners will be announced via an online lottery system to be set up after Super Bowl XLVI ends,

New York sports teams have a history of cleaning up when they go to Boston - and now our fans will have a chance to do the same, said New York Mayor Bloomberg. Any New Yorker not too tired from salsa dancing Sunday night will be able to enter an online lottery for the chance to win. I also want to thank our generous partners who have agreed to fund a trip to New York City for a Boston family - but we expect that if Boston fans want to help us set another record for tourism, they will have to pay their own way.

I have a lot of faith in the Patriots. They carried us this far, and I hope they'll carry the Vince Lombardi Trophy right back to Boston, Boston Mayor Menino said. But either on the field or off, the City of Boston wins by being able to showcase some of the best our great city has to offer.

Super Bowl XLVI takes place Sunday in Indianapolis, and Bloomberg said he will be wearing blue along with all the rest of the city's New York Giants fans.

The Boston Super Tour would include:

  • Four roundtrip tickets on JetBlue
  • A two-night stay at the Ritz Carlton
  • Dinner for four at Legal Seafoods Harborside
  • Dinner for four at the Top of the Hub restaurant
  • Four tickets to a performance at the Citi Performing Arts Center
  • Four box seats at a Bruins or Celtics game at the TD Garden
  • A behind-the-scenes-tour of the newly expanded Isabella Stewart Gardner museum
  • A Duck Tour ride
  • A VIP tour of the personal diaries of John Adams, which inspired the HBO series, at the Boston Public Library, the first publically-support free city library in the world
  • A VIP tour of the Samuel Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain
  • A photo with Boston Mayor Menino

The New York Super Tour Would Include:

  • Four roundtrip tickets on the Delta Shuttle
  • A two-night stay at the Grand Hyatt
  • Dinner for four at the newly reopened Russian Tea Room
  • Lunch or dinner for four at B. Smith's restaurant
  • Four club seats at a Rangers or Knicks game at Madison Square Garden
  • Four tickets to the Phantom of the Opera, celebrating its 10,000th performance right after the Super Bowl
  • A ride with the captain on Statue Cruises to Liberty and Ellis Islands with a VIP tour of the Statue of Liberty crown and museum, including lunch
  • A VIP tour of the new American wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • A VIP tour of the Brooklyn Brewery
  • A photo with New York Mayor Bloomberg
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