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Mercedes-Benz deleted a tweet bashing the 2019 Super Bowl, which was played in a stadium the company is paying $324 million to name

Feb 4, 2019, 21:29 IST

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  • Mercedes-Benz has deleted a tweet criticizing this year's Super Bowl.
  • "If this game weren't in my stadium, I would have driven away by now. #AClassRealTalk #SB53" the tweet read.
  • Mercedes-Benz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mercedes-Benz has deleted a tweet criticizing this year's Super Bowl.

"If this game weren't in my stadium, I would have driven away by now. #AClassRealTalk #SB53" the tweet read. The tweet was posted by the Mercedes-Benz USA account and has since been deleted.

Mercedes-Benz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: Take a tour of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the home to this year's Super Bowl and one of the swankiest arenas in the NFL

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This year's Super Bowl was played in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which has served as the home of the Atlanta Falcons since 2017. Mercedes-Benz is paying $324 million over 27 years for naming rights to the stadium.

The New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams in this year's Super Bowl by a score of 13-3. The game featured the fewest total points in Super Bowl history and was the third-lowest scoring game from this NFL season, an anomaly in a season characterized by innovative, high-scoring offenses.

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