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So Your City Wants To Host A Superbowl
Most elected government officials only think of the revenue, jobs created and positive images of their city that will come with hosting a Superbowl. While valid, hosting a Superbowl also comes with a 153 page document outlining every restriction cities are subject to for hosting the "Big Game" Here are several of them. Minimum stadium seating capacity of 70,000. [Officially Allegiant Stadium is 65,000] Hmmm! There must be a minimum number of hotel rooms within a one drive from the stadium which is equal to 35% of stadium capacity. Any selected team hotels must provide NFL Network on their TV's one year before the date of the game. Due to sponsorship agreements, the NFL has preferred debit and credit cards. Because of these partnerships, the NFL can selectively remove any ATM's from the city and replace them with ones that accept their preferred cards. Three top quality 18 hole golf courses and two top quality bowling lanes must be provided at no cost to the NFL. Local alcohol sales laws must be amended to allow beverages to be served until 4am after the game. NFL also requires 35,000 free parking spaces throughout the city. Stadium must have natural grass to be installed at a cost to the stadium host team's expense.
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Much like the Olympics, it's a no-brainer. Only one with no brain would want it.
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I guess Buffalo will never have the Super Bowl, even with a brand new $1.6 billion stadium that will open in two years. The capacity is 60,000 and with no roof or dome to keep the cold and snow out, the Queen City will never host the big game.
Regardless, after the wild weather over the last few years, they probably should have looked harder at having a covered stadium. Also opens up the building to be used for more than just football.
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paterson1 wrote:
Regardless, after the wild weather over the last few years, they probably should have looked harder at having a covered stadium. Also opens up the building to be used for more than just football.
The problem is building a covered stadium in Orchard Park is pointless since snow covered streets would leave people unable to attend anyways. If they want a covered field, they'd need to be closer to Buffalo proper, if not downtown.
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Regardless, after the wild weather over the last few years, they probably should have looked harder at having a covered stadium. Also opens up the building to be used for more than just football.
The problem is building a covered stadium in Orchard Park is pointless since snow covered streets would leave people unable to attend anyways. If they want a covered field, they'd need to be closer to Buffalo proper, if not downtown.
I guess, but Orchard Park is only 24 km (15 miles) away from downtown or about 20 minutes. And there will be plenty of less miserable days, beyond when it snows three feet, with rain, snow, fridged temps where a covered field would be a big plus. Also a roof makes the building more versitile for other events beyond football.
But that was up to whoever is building and paying for the new facilities (which look spectacular) to determine if the additional cost of a domed or covered stadium was worth it. And the fact that Buffalo will never host a Super Bowl for many decades to come without a roof or 5-10,000 more seats.
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Still amazes me that Paul Godfrey talked the province into building SkyDome, in part with promises that it would help Toronto get an NFL team when the building had too few seats to meet NFL specs even in the 80s.
The ability to convince governments to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on stadiums and arenas that privately owned teams will either own or use for free (or be paid to use) and maximize their profits is pro sports' greatest con- second only to the IOC and FIFA's ability to convince governments to spend billions.
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Must the host city have an NFL team? Could a non-NFL city host the event it it met all the other criteria?
After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.
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Must the host city have an NFL team? Could a non-NFL city host the event it it met all the other criteria?
I believe this could be possible. There are at least 10 College Stadiums with a capacity over 70,000, with most over 100,000. Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State are located in cold weather communities. Out. Alabama and Georgia play in small towns where hotel rooms and parking spaces could be challenging. Out. That leaves two possibilities. The Texas Longhorns play in Austin, Texas, a city with a population approaching 1M. They could check off many boxes. The other one is Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge where LSU plays. It is reasonably close to New Orleans which has hosted 10.
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