Why Hosting The Super Bowl Isn't Worth It

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  • Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
  • The NFL and host committees claim that the Super Bowl brings between $300 to $500 million to host cities. Economist Victor Matheson estimates the big game brings in between $30 to $130 million. The higher estimates encourage cities to continue to provide the NFL with tax subsidies to host the event and build new stadiums.
    Following is a transcript of the video:
    Narrator: The Super Bowl is America's biggest annual sporting event. Each year, over 100 million TV viewers tune in for the big game, making the Super Bowl nine of the 10 most watched American TV programs of all time. And hosting it has become as American as watching it.
    Many Super Bowl host committees believe that popularity can mean just one thing: big profit for the city. Committees and the NFL claim that the game can spur 300 to 500 million dollars of spending in a host city. For example, in 2018 Minnesota's host committee reported that Super Bowl 52 brought in $450 million to its half of the Twin Cities. But sports economists, including Victor Matheson, are skeptical.
    Matheson: "If someone claims, 'Look, this event is three, four, five hundred million dollars,' what an economist would say is: 'Prove it.'"
    Narrator: In fact, when Matheson crunched the numbers, he found that Super Bowl brings in between $30 and $130 million, a fraction of what the host committees and the NFL claim.
    Here's why hosting the Super Bowl isn't as valuable as people think.So what does it cost to host a Super Bowl? Matheson contends that for some cities the cost starts with building a new stadium. Seven NFL stadiums were constructed from 2006 to 2017. And by 2019, each will have hosted a Super Bowl. And on average, taxpayers contribute $250 million for stadium construction.
    Matheson: "They say, 'Look, you build the stadium and we'll bring you a Super Bowl.' If the Super Bowl actually brings four or five hundred million dollars to the city, then, all of a sudden, handing over $500 million in taxpayer subsidy looks like a pretty good deal. Unfortunately, if the actual impact is a fraction of that, then, all of a sudden, taxpayers are on the hook for a huge stadium, and they're not getting much in the way of help, at least from the Super Bowl, to pay that stadium off."
    Narrator: In addition to the stadium, which the NFL uses at no charge, there's also the cost of hosting the event, like public transportation and police overtime. For example, in 2014, New Jersey gave the NFL an $8 million tax break, and NJ Transit ended up with $5.6 million of losses transporting fans to and from the Super Bowl.
    But on top of that, the NFL requires additional expenses. Minneapolis's Star Tribune published the NFL's 153-page bid book that it obtained in 2014. The document lists millions of dollars worth of the NFL's specifications and requirements for host cities. The list includes: parking spaces, hotel rooms, transportation, billboards, security, food, access to golf courses and bowling alleys, along with an exemption on paying city, state, and local tax.
    Matheson: "That obviously means that a lot less money is sticking in the city. That's all going back to NFL's headquarters, and, at that point, the money does get shared. But again, it doesn't get shared with local governments. It gets shared with the other 32 team owners."
    Narrator: These are high demands, and committees comply under the assumption that they'll make the money back. But just how much of a profit are cities actually making? Well, it all depends on how you do the calculations.
    Matheson found three differences for the disparity. The first is substitution effect, which is when consumers spend money on a sporting event, that they would have spent anyway. So it doesn't increase the amount of money being spent. It rearranges the spending pattern.
    The second is crowding out effect, which is when crowds associated with a sporting event displace regular spending. So if the Super Bowl fills every hotel that would normally be 80% occupied, the NFL is only accounting for the 20% increase.
    And the final reason is leakage, which accounts for where the money ultimately ends up. Hotels usually increase prices by three or four times during the Super Bowl, but corporations and shareholders reap the benefits of the price increases, not the local workers.
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    Why Hosting The Super Bowl Isn't Worth It

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  • @TampaTec
    @TampaTec 5 років тому +2831

    Tax payers pay to build the stadiums but get rip-off parking, tickets, food, drinks. Superbowl tickets prices are ridiculously expensive. 💰

    • @donnelladams163
      @donnelladams163 5 років тому +58

      Screwed logic isn't it.

    • @Sparkiebc
      @Sparkiebc 5 років тому +24

      Not in Atlanta

    • @robh23a1
      @robh23a1 5 років тому +30

      @@Sparkiebc the cheapest ticket is 3500 lol

    • @jacobrubiojr3710
      @jacobrubiojr3710 5 років тому +6

      Welcome to Marca

    • @mscooldeadly
      @mscooldeadly 5 років тому +33

      Food and drinks are cheap in Atlanta, probably the only stadium that sells affordable concession

  • @jayantione7715
    @jayantione7715 5 років тому +2797

    It's crazy how this billion dollar company and the billionaire owners still don't pay for the stadiums to be built. That blows my mind

    • @julianreed7
      @julianreed7 5 років тому +173

      Arguably the best privilege for the ultra wealthy. People focus on their assets and net worth, but in actuality, much of the power comes from the privilege of (often) getting to use other people's money (at least in part) to fund stadiums, buildings, events, etc. Thus being the double whammy. You (as a team owner) have billions of dollars, and yet, you only have to use a fraction of that (if any of it) to fund your ambitions. That's how power (as society and capitalism have engineered it) works.

    • @David.D3
      @David.D3 5 років тому +86

      Rams owner is paying for his stadium without taxpayer money

    • @lonelyvariety
      @lonelyvariety 5 років тому +31

      Taxpayers pay money for a football game, yet we still haven’t found the cure for cancer. Hmm...

    • @BinninjaSANL
      @BinninjaSANL 5 років тому +19

      you mean it *bowls* your mind?

    • @pepepepepe33
      @pepepepepe33 5 років тому +23

      @@lonelyvariety sorry dude. Doesn't work like that

  • @etcetraetcetra3173
    @etcetraetcetra3173 5 років тому +1355

    "On average, taxpayers contributes $250 million towards the stadium constructions."
    Wow.....imagine if that money was spent on public schools and public transportation instead.

    • @YoungBaller-sj6wd
      @YoungBaller-sj6wd 5 років тому +64

      Slim Pickens Um high schoolers don’t play in NFL stadiums

    • @kevinvenegas6129
      @kevinvenegas6129 5 років тому +69

      Most high school teams dont even win district champs. I have an American Sign Language class with not enough books that happen to be like 10 years old and falling apart! They have no covers and are missing pages!!! They stayed in a storage room for 8 years so they are all gross!! Amd guess what? NACOGDOCHES HIGH SCHOOL just spent almost 1Million dollars on a stupid JumboTron😐😐😐 what kind of shit is that??!! And you wanna tell me" football helps schools" NO THE HELL IT DOESN'T.

    • @kevinvenegas6129
      @kevinvenegas6129 5 років тому +2

      @Slim Pickens I'm lookin at you😐

    • @kevinvenegas6129
      @kevinvenegas6129 5 років тому +2

      If that's all you have to say then I'm not wasting my time on this pointless arguement that seems to be with a child

    • @im_spiz
      @im_spiz 5 років тому +2

      Young Baller76809 here in jersey they do.

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 5 років тому +4003

    *_Atlanta has left the chat_*

    • @swolc-8618
      @swolc-8618 5 років тому +6

      Holy Chicken nuggets ThatPunchKid

    • @moonbull3137
      @moonbull3137 5 років тому +2

      Ha

    • @Luke-mk7jx
      @Luke-mk7jx 5 років тому +20

      How are you everywhere making the best comments?

    • @Caleb-mx8et
      @Caleb-mx8et 5 років тому +2

      Loool

    • @laryanryan9170
      @laryanryan9170 5 років тому +26

      @Labyrinth9000. Screw those whodats! 😂😂You lost!!😂😂😂Stop blaming the refs! 😂😂😂Whodat choked in OT? Dem Aints dat who!😂😂😂😂

  • @packermcjabroni3282
    @packermcjabroni3282 5 років тому +2020

    I live an hour south of US Bank. When the stadium hosted the Super Bowl last year we put up the spare bedroom in our house to rent for one grand a night as a joke. We had hundreds of responses wanting it. So it pays off for some people.

    • @boneruler2338
      @boneruler2338 5 років тому +144

      Were you not worried about sleeping with random strangers in your house

    • @HaloFlashMob
      @HaloFlashMob 5 років тому +167

      Packer McJabroni well... did you rent it out ?

    • @packersfan8107
      @packersfan8107 5 років тому +20

      Lmfao

    • @packermcjabroni3282
      @packermcjabroni3282 5 років тому +97

      QB The King I have several firearms

    • @packermcjabroni3282
      @packermcjabroni3282 5 років тому +201

      HaloFlashMob yes but only for one grand for four days. Wasn’t that evil lol.

  • @sebastianmolina344
    @sebastianmolina344 5 років тому +724

    Nobody-
    Business insider- “ Why living isn’t worth it”

    • @trmkjared3716
      @trmkjared3716 5 років тому +2

      Sebastian Molina lmao

    • @Oat_meal_YT
      @Oat_meal_YT 5 років тому +1

      LMAO

    • @hazmat6314
      @hazmat6314 5 років тому +15

      A man is literally suing his parents for giving him birth without his consent.

  • @agisler87
    @agisler87 5 років тому +700

    Corporate welfare at it's worst. Let the billionaires pay for there own stadiums!

    • @kurtmagbujos
      @kurtmagbujos 5 років тому +11

      Their*

    • @troytrey
      @troytrey 5 років тому +3

      Andrew Gisler in England, football clubs pretty much build their own 🏟

    • @xstrawberryicex6852
      @xstrawberryicex6852 5 років тому +1

      Troy Trey that is a lie, it’s done more or less the same way it’s done here in the us,

    • @troytrey
      @troytrey 5 років тому +4

      XStrawBerryIceX wtf are you talking about? 90% of football 🏟 in England are privately built and owned. The government doesn’t contribute 1 penny.

    • @troytrey
      @troytrey 5 років тому +1

      XStrawBerryIceX England isn’t Spain or Italy, 90% of clubs build their own stadium! The tax payer doesn’t contribute jack shit

  • @brady50429
    @brady50429 5 років тому +1018

    I saw an Olympic video just like this

    • @SM-1010
      @SM-1010 5 років тому +5

      Same

    • @haashold5303
      @haashold5303 5 років тому +2

      I would think John Oliver

    • @deviantanomaly
      @deviantanomaly 5 років тому +25

      Was it the one that left Brazil in even more debt?

    • @ajmomoho
      @ajmomoho 5 років тому +38

      I would think hosting the Olympics can have far worse consequences than the Super Bowl.

    • @DonMr-Sir
      @DonMr-Sir 5 років тому +7

      FIFA is bad also.. making cities around the world build like 6 stadiums to only use them for 2 months and probably never get used again

  • @theking8356
    @theking8356 5 років тому +399

    Like hosting a high school party for rich kids.

    • @happytroll2477
      @happytroll2477 5 років тому +11

      Slim Pickens tell your dad to go and by you a new phone I think it was scratched.

    • @michaelgray1803
      @michaelgray1803 4 роки тому

      True

  • @S.Clause
    @S.Clause 5 років тому +73

    Dang, well I’m not going to host a Super Bowl. Thank you for clearing this up for me. Saved me millions of dollars.

    • @nickkyy3383
      @nickkyy3383 2 роки тому +3

      Who tf are you?

    • @cyno3648
      @cyno3648 2 роки тому +1

      @@nickkyy3383 bro 2 years late

  • @kenjokenjo1
    @kenjokenjo1 5 років тому +51

    As a non-American living outside the US, I find it weird that news coverage puts more weight on the half-time performance than the game itself. I know that Maroon 5 performed and that Spongebob was involved, but I have not watched any suggested UA-cam video about which team won. I follow CNN, ABC and MSNBC on Facebook, but I haven't read anything about the game.

    • @LeahB31
      @LeahB31 5 років тому +4

      I heard the game sucked. That may have something to do with it.

    • @jyashin
      @jyashin 5 років тому +1

      Well that's because you're following the wrong channels. CNN, ABC, and MSNBC are barred from reporting on the game, since CBS paid hundreds of millions of dollars for broadcasting exclusivity.

    • @geniusgeneral02
      @geniusgeneral02 4 роки тому +2

      jyashin that’s stupid

  • @-4subscriberswithahammerad521
    @-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 років тому +900

    That’s actually really depressing

  • @Supertomiman
    @Supertomiman 5 років тому +412

    For a country that's supposed to be capitalist, America's approach to sports has a remarkable amount of government involvement. It's pretty rare that a local government builds a new stadium from scratch to hand it over to a private sports team, let alone when a perfectly good stadium already exists like in St Louis's case. Even in Italy when a team doesn't like a stadium that the local government has made available to them, they have to go and build another one with their own money. How did American sports get into that mess???

    • @TheTaquitoProject
      @TheTaquitoProject 5 років тому +80

      It's socialism but only for the rich.

    • @RoxRock4ever
      @RoxRock4ever 5 років тому +23

      The NFL specifically is a mess. In some cities, building a sports stadium actually does help the economy. For example, baseball has seen several successes of new fields rejuvenating dying city sections like in Denver, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. Not every one has been a success, but it can be done right.

    • @Supertomiman
      @Supertomiman 5 років тому +7

      So it's your run of the mill socialism then...

    • @KanyeTheGayFish69
      @KanyeTheGayFish69 5 років тому

      Supertomiman it’s a very nice stadium. How is this a mess?

    • @igorbukhantsov
      @igorbukhantsov 5 років тому +22

      Sounds like corruption to me....

  • @antoniocortez614
    @antoniocortez614 5 років тому +248

    * NFL has left the chat *

    • @YoungBlaze
      @YoungBlaze 5 років тому

      *Arena football has entered the chat*

  • @georgevannice
    @georgevannice 4 роки тому +48

    Meanwhile they charge 5 million for 30 seconds of airtime😂

  • @hobog
    @hobog 5 років тому +349

    FIFA, IOC, and NFL need to get their sheit together

    • @cgasucks
      @cgasucks 5 років тому +4

      Don't you know how to spell shit?

    • @themitchman7894
      @themitchman7894 5 років тому +20

      A lot of this isn't the NFL'S fault. The politicians in these cities bid for these things so that people vote for them over and over, keeping them in office. The NFL isn't really doing a lot that harms the cities, the cities harm themselves, and the NFL benefits from it. Ask yourself this, if you had the choice between taking government subsidies or no government subsidies, which would you choose?

    • @rikardotsamsiyu
      @rikardotsamsiyu 5 років тому +9

      They already have their shit together. The system is designed this way purposefully.

    • @davidb8523
      @davidb8523 5 років тому +1

      @@cgasucks maybe he does maybe he doesnt, but you still understood what he/she said didnt you?

    • @VGLV888
      @VGLV888 5 років тому

      💎💎💎

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 5 років тому +369

    All dislikes are from the NFL and their alternate accounts

    • @neilsaidsomethingfunny4001
      @neilsaidsomethingfunny4001 5 років тому +5

      How original

    • @VGLV888
      @VGLV888 5 років тому +1

      💎💎💎

    • @CemEke_CIO
      @CemEke_CIO 5 років тому +3

      It's ridiculous to think that anybody builds a stadium for the SB. Those are stadiums that were gonna be built anyway and hosting a SB is just a perk that comes with it. And what about the publicity and recognition it brings to the city? It can be very valuable. I dont see no mention of that in the video.

    • @VGLV888
      @VGLV888 5 років тому

      @@CemEke_CIO 👍👍👍bravo!

  • @galiciangladiator5857
    @galiciangladiator5857 5 років тому +229

    Cities don't build new stadiums for super bowls, Minneapolis built US Bank because the Metrodome collapsed for example not to host a super bowl, the super bowl is just a perk you might get if you build a new stadium.

    • @MOBROOKS
      @MOBROOKS 5 років тому +6

      Truth

    • @loro1rojo
      @loro1rojo 5 років тому +5

      Exactly my thoughts.

    • @Bucks7542
      @Bucks7542 5 років тому +20

      Yeah that’s one example but los anglers did. Las Vegas is. Atlanta did. So yeah they are building these massive stadium all of them with our tax dollars. It’s ridiculous

    • @galiciangladiator5857
      @galiciangladiator5857 5 років тому +25

      @@Bucks7542 Las Vegas built it because they are getting a new team...

    • @jeffhufana2389
      @jeffhufana2389 5 років тому

      So true

  • @DevilsDiscretionAdvised
    @DevilsDiscretionAdvised 4 роки тому +62

    Finally a Super Bowl the damn patriots weren’t playing in

    • @locustmember
      @locustmember 4 роки тому +12

      Hard to find one. The Patriots are the best team ever and Tom Brady will be the best quarterback in history. The Patriots dynasty will be the greatest one of all time forever and the Patriots will come back to win a seventh Super Bowl in the next decade.

    • @DevilsDiscretionAdvised
      @DevilsDiscretionAdvised 4 роки тому +4

      Puggy hahahahahsbshsbs😂

    • @DevilsDiscretionAdvised
      @DevilsDiscretionAdvised 4 роки тому

      Thom gady and the old ass England gatriots

    • @HarlemWorld45
      @HarlemWorld45 4 роки тому +1

      Puggy how many super bowl they cheat I wait!

    • @locustmember
      @locustmember 4 роки тому

      Ynoel Taveras wait, remember when the broncos cheated 55 times? Huh? LMAO

  • @newerest1
    @newerest1 5 років тому +65

    Doesnt even talk about local businesses..
    Bars and restaurants charge 20 dollar covers superbowl weekend
    ..

    • @williamkrause5831
      @williamkrause5831 4 роки тому +3

      Patrick Carey this should get more likes lol.
      Then again, the UA-cam comments section ain’t exactly a coven of intellect

    • @Ruben-wm7hx
      @Ruben-wm7hx 4 роки тому +3

      Patrick Carey He did though because he did say to start that the local area gets about 15-100 million, the points brought up were just examples of how some of the things people think boosts the local area actually doesn’t

  • @manchesterunitedno7
    @manchesterunitedno7 5 років тому +13

    So, in short NFL = EA
    Pay us so you can host the Superbowl. In return, we give you a sense of pride and accomplishment.

  • @Tom-xy9gb
    @Tom-xy9gb 5 років тому +147

    Who stuffing themselves with buffalo wings, pizza, chips, and celery in Sunday? 🙋🏽‍♂️

  • @crowtservo
    @crowtservo 5 років тому +48

    Of course, the Super Bowl is becoming the Olympics. Completely not worth it.

    • @bobjeff6899
      @bobjeff6899 5 років тому +20

      Wrong. The video makes it seem like the stadiums were built purely for the Super Bowl. The reason they are so expensive is because they want to be visually appealing for the super bowl but they would’ve got built anyway. If the Olympic Committee only allows the Olympics to be played on paces with existing infrastructure like Los Angeles, the issue would be fixed

    • @getoffthisrocktravel2054
      @getoffthisrocktravel2054 5 років тому +5

      Correct.In Australia Sydney 2000 olympics is still paying off that event cost $6.6billion. Aust taxpayers left with bill contributing $3billion.
      Athens 2004 lost $14b = recession.
      Only Olympics events history made some profit:
      Beijing 2008 $1b

    • @VGLV888
      @VGLV888 5 років тому

      💎💎😂

    • @gamewiz1079
      @gamewiz1079 5 років тому

      Wrong.

    • @gamewiz1079
      @gamewiz1079 5 років тому

      @@bobjeff6899 I swear people like you need to make videos like this. Media is way too one sided.

  • @evaristegalois6282
    @evaristegalois6282 5 років тому +692

    Eh, I’m more into esports

  • @jonathanelliott4577
    @jonathanelliott4577 4 роки тому +7

    As for stadiums, it helps to have an indoor stadium. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis has hosted the Final Four multiple times.

  • @Patrick61804
    @Patrick61804 Рік тому +4

    I feel like the team with the highest record should host, so it’s in their own city. Would lead to cities being very excited to host. Also means teams will want to improve stadiums more

  • @alexdavis6180
    @alexdavis6180 5 років тому +70

    Rams- like
    Patriots- reply

  • @questionmark1152
    @questionmark1152 5 років тому +6

    This is a bit disingenuous...Every one of these stadiums will host multiple Super Bowls. So, even if you're a tiny bit in the red on the 1st one, you'll end up 100's of millions in the black by the 2nd one.
    And, for the cynical, Phoenix hosted 2 from 08-15 and will host a 3rd in 23.
    MAJOR PROFITS

  • @linasdedinas6843
    @linasdedinas6843 4 роки тому +11

    Isn't stadium built for a lot of seasons of city's team games and not just super bowl?

  • @zacharywhite5863
    @zacharywhite5863 5 років тому +16

    Indianapolis’s economy skyrocketed because of the Super Bowl

    • @joshdoeseverything4575
      @joshdoeseverything4575 5 років тому +6

      Great. Taxpayers should not pay for stadiums for private corporations. Period end of story. Next thing Exxon will be asking the government to build them a refinery and an oil rig because it boosts jobs.

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie 2 роки тому +4

    I'm really glad I found this, really was planning on hosting it next year but you've opened my eyes, thank you Business Insider

  • @loelazarcon7452
    @loelazarcon7452 5 років тому +6

    So it’s basically the Olyimpics all over again

  • @neelnag627
    @neelnag627 4 роки тому +8

    These people acting like im gonna have a chance of hosting it in my backyard

  • @Killso420
    @Killso420 4 роки тому +6

    I made an extra $1000 dollars working for Uber during the week of Super-bowl 52 in Minneapolis.

  • @MarkNorville
    @MarkNorville 5 років тому +67

    This video did not look at the long term costs and benefits, which is very bad for a channel calling itself business insider. If you have to build a stadium, in the short term it is creating jobs, which leads to short term benefits to local shops, hotels etc. You host the super bowl, which again means money is going to local business. You still have the stadium built, which can then be used for pop concerts, which then brings in more revenue past the super bowl. The short term goal might not be there, but you need to look at the long term goal.

    • @RichV20
      @RichV20 5 років тому +16

      Mostly all stadiums that were or would be replaced in NFL cities this past decade already could/do hold large pop/rock concerts. My hometown NFL stadium which is 50 years old held U2, Guns N Roses, One Direction, etc. stadium concerts in the past few years with no issue.

    • @bobjeff6899
      @bobjeff6899 5 років тому +1

      Rich Viola New stadiums are more appealing, especially NFL stadiums. NBA, MLB, and most FIFA stadiums are built with purely function in mind. NFL stadiums are built with from in mind, the outside is super important and the beautiful look makes it more appealing.

    • @ISMAILdude93
      @ISMAILdude93 5 років тому +2

      probably because pop artists also demand to play rent free and expect local city to fund decorating the arenas/stadiums. When you are rich and in demand, you can basically blackmail the local city to do things your way, or else you threaten not to play or cooperate. Sad...

    • @MarkNorville
      @MarkNorville 5 років тому

      @@ISMAILdude93 Yeah but with a pop concert though, you have people come from outside of the area which brings in hotel revenue, food revenue, and other shopping spree's while they are there.

    • @GuitarSamurai17
      @GuitarSamurai17 5 років тому

      Great point

  • @adog3129
    @adog3129 2 роки тому +1

    0:48 that's some saul goodman level fashion

  • @Victoryisthine
    @Victoryisthine 5 років тому +16

    When a fleabag motel charges $1,000 a night because of the Super Bowl, it’s 💩

  • @DarkwingDann
    @DarkwingDann 3 роки тому +2

    You don't need a new stadium for a superbowl....

  • @littleuzi2775
    @littleuzi2775 5 років тому +4

    Makes me wonder what it's like to host the CL final

    • @jaysureka1061
      @jaysureka1061 3 роки тому

      It's not nearly as bad because UCL Finals are played in stadiums which already exist.

  • @wizardwandmusic6457
    @wizardwandmusic6457 5 років тому +16

    The Saints Rams game triggered me

  • @thetoptige8014
    @thetoptige8014 4 роки тому +19

    You don’t mention the insane amount of tourism money that comes in

    • @Rationalist101
      @Rationalist101 4 роки тому

      Right

    • @hypetrained
      @hypetrained 4 роки тому +1

      well that is the 30-40m estimate that was given at the beginning

  • @filippofittipaldi8050
    @filippofittipaldi8050 4 роки тому +1

    This also applies to the Olympics. I like the NFL but I don't want to subsidize billionaires. They can afford to buy their own stadiums and Lear Jets.

  • @LiveTUNA
    @LiveTUNA 5 років тому +22

    Glendale AZ sucks and cannot host a superbowl because they have no idea what they are doing. I live here.

    • @johnnyroberts3761
      @johnnyroberts3761 5 років тому +2

      Rev Yet they hosted two Super Bowls in the last 11 years

    • @LiveTUNA
      @LiveTUNA 5 років тому

      @@johnnyroberts3761 EXACTLY!!! And we lost in profit big time. Phoenix actually profited big time in comparison to what Glendale profited.

  • @Charliestephens8991
    @Charliestephens8991 5 років тому

    Totally agree that it's a waste of money. Nothing happened in the week leading to the superbowl but officers from everywhere were on 12hr mandatory shifts during set up.

  • @clewis3252
    @clewis3252 5 років тому +17

    Can anyone put a monetary value on “fun”? Seriously. I always hear about the actual cost, but what about an estimated value on enjoyment.

    • @shakeebwonderous2059
      @shakeebwonderous2059 5 років тому +5

      Not everyone enjoys sports and I would certainly hate to have a bunch of screaming morons clogging up the transit systems where I live

    • @clewis3252
      @clewis3252 5 років тому

      @shakeeb What about concerts? Not just sports are held at these venues.

    • @alfredoalcantar8691
      @alfredoalcantar8691 5 років тому

      C Lewis that’s a lie Beyoncé was playing in all the stadiums

    • @clewis3252
      @clewis3252 5 років тому

      @alfredo. I said “not just” sports are played there. When big concerts like jay and Beyoncé or Taylor Swift come there, the city makes money from that also.

    • @johnappleseed8146
      @johnappleseed8146 5 років тому

      Lol economic fallacy. Your fun is someone else’s work, someone who wants to have fun.

  • @tdrewman
    @tdrewman 5 років тому +2

    The last one that Miami hosted was a month of craziness. The pro bowl and the super bowl were held in the same city... They Claim it was pretty profitable because of the location. Palm beach to key west saw an increase in spending that month, but this make me wonder. I know that it has been said that one of the worst sites is Dallas because the stadium is in an area where there is nothing but strip malls.

  • @TheJamesRG
    @TheJamesRG 5 років тому +6

    One thing you missed out, I'm assuming 10,000's of people travel into these cities to attend events, None of which would have spent a cent in the host city if the super bowl wasn't being hosted there. These numbers seem like bollocks.

  • @maverickcuellar7737
    @maverickcuellar7737 5 років тому +2

    I've never spent a single penny to see the season, and the super bowl, I enjoy it from my TV...

  • @muhammadfarhan581
    @muhammadfarhan581 4 роки тому +7

    Lol according to business insider EVERYTHING is not worth it. For an supposedly informative channel they kinda crappy. And the clickbait titles dont help

  • @andersenpetrazzi3410
    @andersenpetrazzi3410 5 років тому +2

    So 30 million dollars profit is not worth it

  • @xygomorphic44
    @xygomorphic44 5 років тому +4

    Damn I was thinking about hosting the superbowl in my backyard but now I'm having second thoughts

  • @emmanuelr710
    @emmanuelr710 5 років тому

    What they aren't calculating is the indirect lifetime value of the fame boost to the city. That's a few billion

  • @Courtney1992
    @Courtney1992 5 років тому +4

    They are leaving out one huge portion of the equation.
    What's the long term investment the super bowl isn't the only thing held at the stadium.

    • @hazacarrobinson6673
      @hazacarrobinson6673 5 років тому

      Your right,some host big Soccer games when the European teams come over or even Soccer international tournaments like MetLife Hosted the big final between Argentina and Chile,then you have Concerts etc

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 5 років тому

      Most of those stadiums remain empty during the off season. They may host a couple things, but that's about it.

  • @kjchicago1
    @kjchicago1 2 роки тому +1

    Super Bowl’s been around since 1967(after the 1966 NFL-AFL Season)

  • @jaymodi5378
    @jaymodi5378 5 років тому +3

    Cities spend millions to make stadiums but doesn't that create more jobs in the city as they would need workers to Actually build it? Isn't that good for the city?

    • @joshdoeseverything4575
      @joshdoeseverything4575 5 років тому

      Why should taxpayers pay for it? It's circular. Let's just spend all the tax money building things because it creates jobs.

  • @bigwong7614
    @bigwong7614 5 років тому

    I agree, just as in vegas they said they had no money for schools and all the sudden they have money to spend on some stupid stadium while nevada is lacking in education. I have no problem with the build but dont like that that's the priority.

  • @holycombo3471
    @holycombo3471 4 роки тому +3

    champions league > super egg ball

  • @g36killer
    @g36killer 5 років тому +1

    Alanta paid 700 million for that stadium... But were upset paying 92k for a car for the mayor..

  • @megacide84
    @megacide84 5 років тому +6

    So basically...
    The Super Bowl is just as bad as the Olympics for a city financially speaking.

    • @TheDoctorGnome
      @TheDoctorGnome 5 років тому

      megacide84 nope. It’s like a week of stuff the olympics are just stupid expensive compared to the super bowl.

  • @Monster12255
    @Monster12255 5 років тому

    Most of the money does go to corporations and business owners but they would have to pay the taxes on it. So if a hotel room charges 5 times the normal rate, the state will get taxes that it usually gets and any sales tax. The people mainly making the most money are the broadcast networkers for the commercials and the small businesses that are in the area.

  • @antoniocortez614
    @antoniocortez614 5 років тому +10

    It only takes 1% of Shaggy’s power to host the SuperBowl!

  • @truthlikesojourner
    @truthlikesojourner 5 років тому +1

    The reason Glendale lost all that money is because all the events for Super Bowl week were across town in Scottsdale and Tempe.

  • @Chinix
    @Chinix 5 років тому +10

    Ok I won't host the superbowl

    • @Chinix
      @Chinix 5 років тому +6

      Slim Pickens oof, that's why I won't host the superbowl

    • @schnaaa__
      @schnaaa__ 5 років тому +4

      Slim Pickens r/woosh

  • @alexisd8417
    @alexisd8417 5 років тому +1

    Just put the Super Bowl on a gd rotation throughout all the teams. Just like families rotating hosting Christmas each year.

  • @marks2224
    @marks2224 5 років тому +3

    I love when these “experts” pitch in with their baseless facts and knowledge. If it wasn’t worth hosting a super bowl, no city would actually host it. It’s a business, you make money from a business, if it doesn’t make you money then you don’t get involved. It’s a simple concept

  • @Valpo2004
    @Valpo2004 4 роки тому

    Thing about the stadium is they are primarily built for the local team. The NFL just grants them a super bowl to show it off.

  • @vohung08
    @vohung08 5 років тому +47

    A city hosting a Superbowl should increase its publicity worldwide, where future workers and residence may move to.

    • @vincentlaw2337
      @vincentlaw2337 5 років тому +4

      Nooooooooo!!!!! ATLANTA IS FULL PLEASE DONT MOVE HERE!!!!

    • @RoxRock4ever
      @RoxRock4ever 5 років тому +20

      Unlikely. People watch the superbowl for exclusively one of two reasons, and almost never both: Either A. They like football or B. The commercials/the social aspect of a superbowl party at someone's house. I really can't imagine, as a person looking to move, anybody choosing to move to a city because of an event hosted at an overly expensive stadium. If anything, tax wary folks would probably stay away.

    • @mrpythagoras7079
      @mrpythagoras7079 5 років тому +9

      "worldwide"? You should try learning more about other cultures, and this is coming from a fellow American

    • @LaberosStar
      @LaberosStar 5 років тому +7

      Highly doubt it. People looking to move to a new city don’t use a super bowl as a basis.

    • @henk-3098
      @henk-3098 5 років тому +2

      nobody watches the superbowl outside the US hahaha

  • @clivethefuhrer822
    @clivethefuhrer822 5 років тому +2

    More people watch eSports then the superbowl

  • @gm346553
    @gm346553 5 років тому +19

    You can’t attribute the cost of a stadium to the expenses of hosting the Super Bowl, the stadium was built already with a primary purpose of hosting the team. The substituion effect also doesn’t make sense unless the team that plays in the host city makes it, youre getting new revenue because of out of town travellers, not just revenue from people who live there.

    • @yudistiraliem135
      @yudistiraliem135 5 років тому +2

      I believe they account for such basic adjustment in the full report, which of course not detailed here.

  • @snap4585
    @snap4585 5 років тому

    Our money shouldn’t be used to pay for the stadiums.

  • @jogon206
    @jogon206 5 років тому +19

    Is the off voice lady sleeping?

  • @whitefangv
    @whitefangv 4 роки тому +2

    It's not as bad as hosting the Olympics where a city can lose billions. An NFL team will probably play in that stadium for a decade or two and they can use it for other events.

  • @finalbox4416
    @finalbox4416 5 років тому +28

    Hosting Fortnite tournaments is where it's at nowadays.

    • @AlexRocks80s80s
      @AlexRocks80s80s 5 років тому +1

      Does ESPN show that? A lot of people don't even have cable anymore.

    • @pringlesboi2961
      @pringlesboi2961 5 років тому +2

      lol fortnite tournaments are so boring

    • @alejandrom8630
      @alejandrom8630 5 років тому

      Who watches esports torunaments?

  • @yungtt1326
    @yungtt1326 5 років тому +1

    50c back of chips are going for 5 dollars I was there yesterday for the super bowl experience

  • @AtariiWave
    @AtariiWave 5 років тому +7

    The NFL is rigged

  • @emmakai2243
    @emmakai2243 5 років тому +1

    If this wasn't on Sunday's, it might as well as be a national holiday.

  • @AAVVVAAADDAAAKAAADAVRAAA
    @AAVVVAAADDAAAKAAADAVRAAA 5 років тому +3

    Mom an pop places are what get the majority of the SB cash

    • @Rhyme905
      @Rhyme905 5 років тому +1

      not really did you even watch the video?

  • @QuietSpacePhotoStudioLLC
    @QuietSpacePhotoStudioLLC 2 роки тому +1

    Maybe spend the $13 Mil on housing and job assistance to all the homeless you had to kick out to host it...and then some. We pay for this stuff even if we don't want it. Put that $ into education or something more productive. Maybe starving children & families? There's better things to spend out money on. This is just a waste. Don't even get me started about the 15 Billion spent on the Olympics.

  • @unity1801
    @unity1801 5 років тому +7

    Isn’t so much for profits I’d say. It’d be an honor to host the super bowl

    • @Another_Random_Dave
      @Another_Random_Dave 5 років тому +3

      Unity an honor of what?

    • @afox1689
      @afox1689 5 років тому

      i actually agree with this

    • @chillhomie04
      @chillhomie04 5 років тому

      It’s a business. Their concern is money first and foremost. I’m sure they’re honored to be a host but they wouldn’t care if it ends up losing them money. That would defeat the purpose of hosting the SB.

  • @jaybee8465
    @jaybee8465 3 роки тому +2

    First of all the name of the sport doesn’t even make sense. Y’all call is football when most of the time it’s in your hands🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @Mr00Simple
    @Mr00Simple 5 років тому +9

    "Why hosting an international gathering for active human is always a bad thing?"

  • @FeminismDebunked
    @FeminismDebunked 5 років тому

    Tax Payers are being Ripped off. The Rich owners of the Teams should pay for Stadium's not Tax Payers.

  • @j.pitkin2883
    @j.pitkin2883 5 років тому +5

    Game has to be played somewhere. If no one asked to host, the NFL would just force a city into it.

    • @undefeatedandundisputedcha3773
      @undefeatedandundisputedcha3773 5 років тому

      Why not just host it in one of the two teams who has the better record?

    • @j.pitkin2883
      @j.pitkin2883 5 років тому

      @Aidan Tabassian game has to be held somewhere. If no city were to bid on a Superbowl, the NFL would pick the location.

    • @isaacclark9825
      @isaacclark9825 5 років тому +2

      @@j.pitkin2883 The problem with that is that the location does not work if the city does not pony up the money and resources to support it. If a city won't do that, then it would not be possible to use the location.

    • @j.pitkin2883
      @j.pitkin2883 5 років тому

      @@isaacclark9825 the NFL would have to fund it. The Superbowl has to be played somewhere. What would be the solution if no city ever bid for it?

    • @j.pitkin2883
      @j.pitkin2883 5 років тому +1

      @@isaacclark9825 that might even become a condition for a team to be in the league is to accept the NFL'S decision on the potential of their city hosting the Superbowl should no city bid for it. This is all hypothetical because cities will always bid on the game because the public at large is not informed of the bad investment it is to host the game.

  • @raginteen
    @raginteen 4 роки тому +1

    I wonder if sporting events will ever just die out. for me the super bowl just came and went, I didn't care in the slightest. I didn't even know who was playing until the day of.

  • @theotherside931
    @theotherside931 5 років тому +6

    *They use the stadiums for free?*

    • @randombanana3813
      @randombanana3813 5 років тому +1

      All 31 stadiums [Giants and Jets share MetLife] are owned by the NFL themselves

    • @cmay4242
      @cmay4242 5 років тому

      @@randombanana3813 Stadiums are owned by the teams or the local government.

  • @wrightterence680
    @wrightterence680 5 років тому

    I would watch the Super Bowl at a restaurant instead of watching the game at the stadium because the tickets for the Super Bowl are extremely expensive

  • @Alex632
    @Alex632 5 років тому +4

    I think a city greatly benefits from hosting a super bowl. I see it as a future investment or a positive community engagement. And local businesses make money!

    • @shakeebwonderous2059
      @shakeebwonderous2059 5 років тому +1

      Again, all those things are accounted for in these studies

  • @andrewnyr
    @andrewnyr 5 років тому +1

    Let’s all remember that this whole video is based on one economists estimate.

  • @connoryoung2257
    @connoryoung2257 5 років тому +3

    Substitution effect... Not a chance. My super bowl ticket last year was $4,000... There is no way in hell I'm spending $4,000 to see the twins and Timberwolves throw away another season with that money instead of super bowl. I would have attended 121 twins games to spend $4,000 on other sporting events...

    • @kevindurant5516
      @kevindurant5516 5 років тому +1

      That was his point fool. You would have spent the money on other things anyway

  • @Surrey360
    @Surrey360 3 роки тому +1

    Is Vancouver Canada the only Olympic city to ever make money? I dont really buy that the host city does not make money, they must be doing something wrong...

  • @EdwardOrnelas
    @EdwardOrnelas 5 років тому +21

    this is a huge reason why a lot of attention is being directed towards esports. Doesn't require huge up front cost, all it requires is a lan connection. Even Nike jumped on board. Wouldn't be surprised if by 2050 esports are the most watched sports

    • @braincoolo9399
      @braincoolo9399 5 років тому

      It already IS

    • @CarvedParachute
      @CarvedParachute 5 років тому +14

      BrainCoolo no it’s not lol

    • @AlanNguyenMD
      @AlanNguyenMD 5 років тому +9

      but it takes a lot of effort into knowing games mechanic, it's very hard to understand if you don't play games, and we know that video games are waste of time, really. very small Cognitive benefit isn't worth the time and labor force wasted playing video games.

    • @glennpittsley1895
      @glennpittsley1895 5 років тому +1

      @@AlanNguyenMD there is one huge exception to that, rocket League. Even people who have never played the game can watch it and understand what's going on.

    • @EdwardOrnelas
      @EdwardOrnelas 5 років тому +3

      Minh Nguyen that's why I'm saying a good 30 years kids our age will be grown adults or grandparents by then. More then capable of understanding the game

  • @bryanwhite3021
    @bryanwhite3021 5 років тому

    This right here is where tax is theft even if it is rearranged means there's 250 million to play with at a given month

  • @jdee2095
    @jdee2095 5 років тому +3

    I call shenanigans
    I would be interested in the amount of increase purchases of McDonald the week before the super bowl compared to the same time the year before. I would also be interested on how much people who are working the super bowl spend, i know the people that are shuttling the players and players family from the hotel and other events are getting paid a couple hundred thousand dollars. Mercedes-Benz stadium can hold 71000 people. So if each person spends just $100 dollars that is $7,100,000. I guarantee you cannot even find a room for $100. Not to mention the $10 small size candy snack and the $40 beers. Also if 71,000 people spend $4225 dollars that is $300,000,000, funny because the average ticket for a Superbowl is $2500-$3000 that includes no memorabilia or concessions. I call bs on the expert. He also doesn't take the factor that they're going to need more people at McDonald's and those people that now have jobs at McDonald's will go and spend that money in the Atlanta economy

    • @specialperson170
      @specialperson170 5 років тому +1

      Yeah and that's honestly low balling it so idk how the so called expert doesnt understand all this

    • @glennpittsley1895
      @glennpittsley1895 5 років тому +5

      Yeah the part that you guys don't understand is that all that money that they're spending at the stadium isn't going to the city.

    • @jdee2095
      @jdee2095 5 років тому +2

      @@glennpittsley1895 hotels and the McDonald's that im talking about are not inside the stadium. The stadium has to pay local state sales tax on the memorabilia the McDonald's the booze sales at 8.9% tax. The money that they spend in the stadium goes to the people that work at the stadium who oddly enough live in Atlanta, and spend their money in Atlanta. The super bowl is one day people are there three to five days before the super bowl starts and they are spending money. They don't sleep at the stadium they don't eat at the stadium except for one day. The lodging tax in Georgia is 15% the average room is $350. Most people are staying a minimum of 3 nights lets do some math.
      $350 x 3= $1150
      Lodging tax 15% x $1150 = $172.50
      The Marriott in Atlanta Georgia has 1663 rooms which are all sold out for way more than $350
      1663 x $172.50= $286,867.50
      Just one hotel's lodging taxes
      Oh btw
      "Only three cities in the United States have more hotel rooms than Atlanta. Metro Atlanta's 75,000 hotel rooms place the area fourth in the country behind Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., and Los Angeles, according to a survey of hotel general managers from PKF Consulting.May 31, 1999"
      www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1999/05/31/newscolumn1.html
      And that was in 1999

    • @Paul-oz5se
      @Paul-oz5se 5 років тому

      @@jdee2095 nice explanation using layman term. Aside from that,the exposure from national and international media about Atlanta. People who never been to Atlanta before might be encouraged to visit the place in the near future.

    • @Paul-oz5se
      @Paul-oz5se 5 років тому +1

      @@jdee2095 nice explanation using layman term. Aside from that,the exposure from national and international media about Atlanta. People who never been to Atlanta before might be encouraged to visit the place in the near future.

  • @Chedda3000music
    @Chedda3000music 5 років тому +1

    Moral of story: Go to a Super Bowl in a city you don't pay taxes at so you can "be happy" without having to help pay the city's bill.

  • @quaymusic5776
    @quaymusic5776 5 років тому +5

    Football lame. Atlanta better be hosting part of 2026 World cup

    • @AlexRodriguez-lk1jy
      @AlexRodriguez-lk1jy 5 років тому +2

      Quay Music now that’s gonna be crazy, I’ll be buying tickets to that

  • @macw9482
    @macw9482 5 років тому +1

    Downtown Minneapolis was on fire in February during Super Bowl Week. February in Minneapolis is not a destination location. Thank You NFL for making it happen!

    • @AKUNJIG
      @AKUNJIG 5 років тому

      I'm not surprised. It was a perfect opportunity for Philadelphia Eagles fans I tell you. If the Saints won the NFC Championship they would have been already packed in Atlanta.

  • @imviiku
    @imviiku 5 років тому +1

    Only one Thing can bring Revenue n profit i.e. FIFA World Cup
    Cricket World Cup can also bring it if I India goes on Until the Semis

  • @JusdoinstuF
    @JusdoinstuF 5 років тому

    great reporting

  • @neblihvs4855
    @neblihvs4855 4 роки тому

    Well in the Vikings defense they're old stadium collapsed and played at the college stadium for the season

  • @cQ2DHPavXTqemm9Vsbgi4TV7x
    @cQ2DHPavXTqemm9Vsbgi4TV7x 5 років тому +1

    I don't understand why the super bowl is such a big event like I don't get what's so exciting about football like:
    Me: Yo dad did they just score a point?
    Dad:🤷‍♂️
    Me: same
    Like all they do is bang their heads together I bet it would be the same sport if they just banged their head on some brick wall