Super Bowl 2015: NFL selects Arizona
The National Football League announced this morning that Arizona will host Super Bowl XLIX in 2015. It will be the Phoenix area's third time to host the Super Bowl.
The Valley faced stiff competition from Tampa, which planted billboards for NFL owners to see touting its beaches and warm weather. Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls to Arizona's two, in 1996 and 2008.
The Super Bowl is a huge economic driver, according to a study by Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business.
Football fans generated about $500 million in direct and indirect spending in Arizona during Super Bowl XLII in 2008, the study found. However, Glendale, where the game was held, collected less than the cost to provide security and other needs for University of Phoenix Stadium. The city hopes to recoup more of the cost for the game in 2015.
Hosting Super Bowl XLIX in the warm Arizona climate will be a welcome change from the ice storms in Dallas last year and frosty weather in the coming years as the Super Bowl heads to Indianapolis, New Orleans and New Jersey.
This year's Super Bowl bidding included less of the feats of showmanship seen in past years. No elected officials or celebrities were allowed and Arizona's delegation gave no interviews before the NFL's decision.
Things were different when Arizona bid for the 2008 game and delivered chocolate replica Arizona Cardinals stadiums to owners before the bid.
Other cities had in past years sweetened owners with dozens of roses and enlisted U.S. senators to promote their bids.
The Valley faced stiff competition from Tampa, which planted billboards for NFL owners to see touting its beaches and warm weather. Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls to Arizona's two, in 1996 and 2008.
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The Super Bowl is a huge economic driver, according to a study by Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business.Football fans generated about $500 million in direct and indirect spending in Arizona during Super Bowl XLII in 2008, the study found. However, Glendale, where the game was held, collected less than the cost to provide security and other needs for University of Phoenix Stadium. The city hopes to recoup more of the cost for the game in 2015.
Hosting Super Bowl XLIX in the warm Arizona climate will be a welcome change from the ice storms in Dallas last year and frosty weather in the coming years as the Super Bowl heads to Indianapolis, New Orleans and New Jersey.
This year's Super Bowl bidding included less of the feats of showmanship seen in past years. No elected officials or celebrities were allowed and Arizona's delegation gave no interviews before the NFL's decision.
Things were different when Arizona bid for the 2008 game and delivered chocolate replica Arizona Cardinals stadiums to owners before the bid.
Other cities had in past years sweetened owners with dozens of roses and enlisted U.S. senators to promote their bids.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2011/10/11/20111011phoenix-arizona-super-bowl-2015-brk.html#ixzz1aVOE8CF9
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