The South Florida venue near Miami may lack open space for a hospitality area.
Have National Football League franchise owners given up on South Florida as a Super Bowl host? South Florida has hosted 11 Super Bowls but it might not see another in the near future because the local stadium’s supporting area may not be up to NFL standards. The owner of the Miami Dolphins franchise Stephen Ross broke the news on April 30th. “The one thing that suffered is Miami hasn’t gotten a Super Bowl here, and we normally have one every five years. Miami is not really in line for one. It’s always exciting to have the Super Bowl but that was before we had all the other events. Miami has by far the best weather. It’s in their best interest to have one here but at this point they don’t believe we meet all the requirements and the demands.”
The stadium does not have as much open space for hospitality areas as it once did because Ross gets public money if he attracts all sorts of events to the stadium and he has done that. The construction of facilities to accommodate tennis’ Miami Open and Formula 1 events reduced the open space. The stadium has undergone a number of renovations and was good enough to host the Big Game in 2020. But great weather doesn’t cut it anymore. The National Football League dangles the Super Bowl before a community and tells a community if you can kick in a few hundred million dollars or more in public money for a stadium and surrounding infrastructure, let’s talk about putting a Super Bowl, a one-shot deal with lots of economic impact the league claims, and if you build it we might come. Nashville is spending a lot of public money for a new football venue. The reward? Possibly a 2030 Super Bowl. That is how the NFL operates.
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