TAMPA, Fla. — He's not crazy about the site nor the teams that will be on the field.

But Tom Henschel loves the Super Bowl experience.

The 76-year-old Cabot resident — who spends his winters in Florida — left Thursday for Minneapolis and Super Bowl LII. He will become one of two people to attend all 52 Super Bowl games.

A would-be third, Larry Jacobson of San Francisco, died two months ago.

“Of course, I'll miss him,” Henschel said. “We've gotten to know each other well through the years. He was a good guy.”

Henschel and Don Crisman, 80, of Maine, will be seated together at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, as they have been for a number of past Super Bowl games. The NFL sells them their tickets.

“I was able to get three tickets this year,” Herschel said. “I'm taking one of my nephews (Joshua) and a niece (Lindsey). It will be the first time for both.

“I'll make sure I put them between me and (Don). He's a huge Patriots fan, and he never shuts up in cheering them on.”

Henschel has a number of nieces and nephews. This year will complete taking “all of them who are into football” to at least one Super Bowl.

He's taken his sisters and brothers to the big game through the years as well.

“My brother Jim and I went to 32 of them together,” Henschel said. “He died about five years ago. David (his other brother) and I have gone to a couple of them.”

Joshua, 26, is David Henschel's son.

“It's great the way Tom has taken so many family members with him through the years,” David Henschel said. “He loves sharing the experience. I went with him to Super Bowls 25 and 26. Those are fantastic memories for me.”

Tom Henschel said he hopes to extend his Super Bowl streak to at least 60 games before it ends. He worked for an airline during his career and is able to fly for free.

While the NFL offers him the tickets each year, Henschel does have to pay full price. His three tickets this year — in the second row of the upper deck on the 50-yard line — cost $1,600 each.

“Tickets to the first Super Bowl cost me $12 ... and there was about 30,000 empty seats in the L.A. Coliseum,” he said. “I think I paid $1,500 per seat last year. They keep going up.

“I wish they would keep this game in warm-weather cities. The temperature in Minneapolis is going to be in single digits this weekend.”

Of course, Henschel and his guests will be keeping warm and staying busy.

“We'll be attending the NFL Tailgate Party at noon Sunday in the convention center there,” he said. “That's always a blast. There will be big-name bands playing all day, 100 different food booths, 50 to 70 bars.. Then they take you to the game by bus.

“We'll go to the Mall of America while we're there, check out a few restaurants.”

Henschel's favorite Super Bowl city continues to be New Orleans. “Just a fun city with a lot of top-notch restaurants,” he said.

When he's not saving up for the Super Bowl, Henschel spends the non-winter months at home in Cabot, playing golf with his buddies two or three times a week.

He's been a football fan his entire life.

“I grew up on football,” Henschel said. “My father was a fanatic for the sport. We went to the high school game on Friday, the Pitt game on Saturday and watched the Steelers play at Forbes Field on Sunday.

“Those were my weekends as a young kid.”

As for Sunday's game, Henschel is predicting a 27-24 Philadelphia Eagles victory.

“No Steeler fan can possibly be rooting the other way,” he said, laughing.