I’ve heard, and maybe you know from experience, that host cities have big expenditures due to the NFL demands for providing certain services. And then there are costs such as security, police overtime pay, etc which costs money.
Bottom line I’ve heard that host cities in recent years are not making any financial windfall from a super bowl.
And the whole thing can be more trouble then it’s worth. I think we see this, if there’s only 1 city making a bid for 2024.
I’ve heard the Olympics are having trouble finding cities around the world to even make bids to host the games.
Looks like the NFL got very good at extracting all the profits from the city that hosts the event.
Dilber San Diego, you put it a helluva better than I did. At the end of the day, it’s just a big pain in the can. Sure there’s money coming in, hotel tax revenue, all the food and beverage taxes, but at the end of the day, the cities lay out a lot of money. I’m not privy to the spreadsheets, but going with what you wrote, these events tend to be more trouble than they’re worth. And then toss in all the demands of the NFL, sponsors, teams, ain’t worth it.