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I agree that every NFL city should have a turn, but if it would have to be restricted to four, it should be Denver, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh.
I disagree. I've never been to a Superbowl, but I have been to several big college football bowl games in a variety of cities (NOLA, Phoenix, Atlanta, Tampa). Whenever I go to those I usually go with a group of people. We go a few days beforehand and stay a few days afterward. We check out the city. Pretty much everyone I have ever met at a bowl game does the same thing. They make a several day trip out of it. Everyone prefers a fun city. For different people that means different things during those days...some folks just drink the whole time, but many others like nature, some like history, some like museums. The more different types of attractions a city has to offer the more people will want to go there.
I think the majority of Superbowl visitors would do the same thing. Sure not the media folks, but your average fan who paid a ton of money to see his/her favorite team. The focus will be on the game itself, but they will also want to do stuff before and afterwards.
Thats what you do. Besides, a superbowl is chucked full with far more activities than college football games.
You cant put the two side by side.
Thats what you do. Besides, a superbowl is chucked full with far more activities than college football games.
You cant put the two side by side.
Comparing a BCS game to a super bowl is quite valid. They are pretty much the same thing, except the super bowl is admittedly bigger.
And it isn't just what I do. It is what the thousands of people I have seen and hundreds of people I have talked to all do when they go to a big game. I've got a few friends who have gone to super bowls and they told me about their trips and they do the same thing. Not sure why you are being stubborn about the fact that people who go to large events like to do so in cities that offer lots of variety of other things to do.
Aside from the press, the teams involved and the front office people they bring, most people that go to the Super Bowl are only going for 2-3 days. That doesn't leave a lot of time to go about the city and see a lot of things. Especially when you consider you have the game itself, and all the pregame activities taking up an entire day.
That's why the city itself doesn't really matter, so long as there's enough hotel rooms and at least a decent number of bars and venues to host the festivities. Indianapolis is a prime example. It's a decent city, but not one that offers a lot to someone that isn't in town for a sporting event. It falls far short of cities like Los Angeles, New Orleans and Miami. But the fact that a person is not going for more than a few days and will be tied up with SB related events means it can compete with other cities.
Good thing the NFL is FINALLY realizing that a SB in a cold weather city can still work! Depending on the NY SB, Denver has put its chips in for the 2018-2019 SB run! 30 Million invested into our Stadium, and a much better SB city choice than Indy or
no, or tampa or phoenix!
2018 - 2019 Super Bowl will be awarded to Atlanta. The city approved a new stadium being built and should be completed by 2017. I can assure you the city will place a bid, and will probably get it because of this new high tech a** stadium they will be building.
Indy barely made it! They had to build hotels just to meet the bare minimum to pull it off!
And it still was a hot mess there....they did not have enough local hotel accommodations for the number of people coming into the city. I knew people who had to stay far out as Louisville KY just to lay their head. The city should have been more prepared.
Sorry but it is not pretty much the same thing.
Its like saying Carnival in Brazil is the same as carnival in Tampa.
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Originally Posted by po-boy
Comparing a BCS game to a super bowl is quite valid. They are pretty much the same thing, except the super bowl is admittedly bigger.
And it isn't just what I do. It is what the thousands of people I have seen and hundreds of people I have talked to all do when they go to a big game. I've got a few friends who have gone to super bowls and they told me about their trips and they do the same thing. Not sure why you are being stubborn about the fact that people who go to large events like to do so in cities that offer lots of variety of other things to do.
The following poster says it all:
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Originally Posted by TAM88
Aside from the press, the teams involved and the front office people they bring, most people that go to the Super Bowl are only going for 2-3 days. That doesn't leave a lot of time to go about the city and see a lot of things. Especially when you consider you have the game itself, and all the pregame activities taking up an entire day.
That's why the city itself doesn't really matter, so long as there's enough hotel rooms and at least a decent number of bars and venues to host the festivities. Indianapolis is a prime example. It's a decent city, but not one that offers a lot to someone that isn't in town for a sporting event. It falls far short of cities like Los Angeles, New Orleans and Miami. But the fact that a person is not going for more than a few days and will be tied up with SB related events means it can compete with other cities.
I do enjoy museums, but if i had to come up with a list of 25 things a host city should have, museums would not be on there.
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