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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Super Bowl 47 Is In The Books
And the Baltimore Ravens captured their second world championship on Sunday night. In what was dubbed "The Har-bowl" with two competing Harbaugh brothers coaching both teams, the Ravens were able to hold off a huge comeback in the second half by the 49ers. The game didn't exactly go off without a hitch though. A massive power outage in the stadium, at the start of the second half, delayed the game by more than a half-hour. It's also worth mentioning that the Superdome in New Orleans, which hosted last night's game, was renovated to accommodate the Super Bowl, thanks in large part to $470 million of taxpayer funds, following Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately most of the financial gains from hosting the Super Bowl won't go to the taxpayers, but instead billionaire sports-team owners.
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Actually a ton of money goes to local businesses. Any city would be lucky to host a Super Bowl
The LUCKIEST person, however, is the staduim owner, who got 470 MILLION in taxpayer paid improvements, and then yanked in MILLIONS in parking fees, tickets, concessions, and advertisment revenue. Can't build a school, a hospital, or help seniors stop choosing between medicine or heat, eating cat food or crackers for dinner. But a multimillionaire needs a renovated stadium? ShaZAAM! Tax the hell out of the middle class, already getting financially murdered at every turn and help that boy out! Keep voting. They DO have YOUR best interests at heart.
The "luckiest person" that you are referring to is not actually a person. The Superdome is owned by the Louisiana Stadium/Expo District. And while YES, they collect a lot of money for parking,concessions, etc.; the overall economical impact on New Orleans and the surrounding areas also generated millions of dollars of revenue for hotels, restaurants, night clubs, etc. Which is why cities BID to host events such as this. In New Orleans' case, it help to continue the rebirth of the city and it's people.... But I guess you already knew that.
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