It's a 20-step process, most of it by hand, from cutting out the four leather panels that are sewn together with 250 stitches to putting in the laces. For NFL footballs, the work goes to the ...

Every NFL football is born at the Wilson factory in Ada, Ohio, a small town an hour south of Toledo. It’s here that more than 100 employees cut, sew, lace, and inflate 4,000 footballs every day ...

An employee at the Wilson Sporting Goods football factory laces one of the official Super Bowl game balls Monday, January 27, 2025, in Ada, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) ...

Wilson Sporting Goods got to work immediately after the Super Bowl matchup was set. Here's a look at the footballs that will be used in New Orleans.

Since 1941, Wilson has made every football used by the league. Its factory in Ada has been making the official game balls since 1955. This year the company opened a new plant in the village that ...

Wilson Sporting Goods got to work immediately after the Super Bowl matchup was set. Here's a look at the footballs that will be used in New Orleans.

Wilson Sporting Goods got to work immediately after the Super Bowl matchup was set. Here's a look at the footballs that will be used in New Orleans.

A part of a football for the upcoming Super Bowl matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs sits on a machine at the Wilson Sporting Goods football factory, Monday, January ...

Wilson has been sewing NFL footballs by hand since 1955 in Ada, ... A sewing machine reinforces the leather where the football’s laces—integral to throwing a perfect spiral—will eventually ...

As soon as this year’s Super Bowl matchup was set, workers at the Wilson Sporting Goods football factory jumped into action. The factory in the rural village of Ada, Ohio, makes the game balls ...

Wilson Sporting Goods got to work immediately after the Super Bowl matchup was set. Here's a look at the footballs that will be used in New Orleans.