I searched for a thread on this but couldn't find it. I coulda swore there was one, so merge if necessary. The Dolphins didn't get the public dollars to renovate their stadium, so unless they come up with private financing in 3 weeks it looks like SF gets 50 in 2016 and we get 51 in 2017. http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/03/3379238/lawmakers-reject-dolphins-stadium.html
I think there was something in the Texans forum about this. Not totally sure though. Too lazy to look it up, too. It'd be awesome. Let's go for no titty exposure this time, though.
Kind of ridiculous the NFL holds cities hostage like this. In general super bowl aren't that big of an economic booster. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57566434/as-economic-boost-super-bowl-underwhelms/ More like a big party for the NFL which the local government picks up the tab for.
This is when you blame the NFL owners and corporate officials...in the end, as many have asstutely mentioned...the Superbowl is just a giant party thrown by the hosting city that has to bite the bullet on costs, etc... Till major market cities respond and really take a stand, expect more of the same by the NFL...
It depends on what your definition of "that big" is. The Controller's office said the last SB brought $129M to the city. I'd say that is a big ecomonic booster.
GDP of Indianapolis is 80billion. 130 million represents 0.15% of that. Do you think having the superbowl made more people want to go Indianapolis, or did they go for the superbowl. Of the 130 million how much of that went to the city? In case you want an idea: http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/loca...s-lost-1-million-from-super-bowl#.T7cC6r-16Hk Usually the NFL asks for rebates from the city: https://thelensnola.org/2013/04/19/...800000-in-tax-breaks-for-super-bowl-spending/ Obviously the hotels and restaurant businesses did well, but what about other businesses how much do they benefit? Do they get a boost or do they suffer from the road closures and delays caused by the Superbowl? Furthermore how many local fans can even go the game. Would you want to spend 3-5k to sit in the nose bleeds?
So you are saying you don't think an extra $130M is good? I can see the agrument if you are building stuff solely for the SB. But in our case, the infrastructure is already here. So why not try to attract huge events? The overall economic impact is not negative. What do we have to build or what costs would we incur specifically for the SB to cause us to lose $$ like Indy? Outside of hotels and restaurants, I'm pretty sure the local malls, parking lot owners, and any venue that can host a party all benefit. I'm sure any business that appreciates more tourists benefits. What businesses do you think suffer? As far as going to the game, most of the folks I know that have been to a SB went to the one in their home city, since they didn't have to pay any travel costs. You will wind up paying 3-5K to sit in the nose bleeds anytime you go to a SB. Edit: And per the article, Indy expected to lose around 800K on the SB but still wanted to have it for branding reasons, and expects more $$ to come going forward. I think it's fair to say once you show you can host a big event like the SB then it could help you get future big events.
