On 9/30/2017 7:42 PM, trader_4 wrote:


https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...-is-irrelevant

Thanks for that. So, looks like the league is tax exempt, but the
teams are not. That makes some sense. Someone else though brought up
an angle I had not thought about, which is that most of the stadiums
were built with tax breaks or outright subsidies from govt taxpayer
money. So there is that angle, which is probably a big example of
how taxpayers are subsidizing them.


Sports is big business. Talk about greed
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...t-city-leaked/
And the Minneapolis Star-Tribune revealed over the weekend how: a lot of
concessions. The newspaper obtained and posted on their site a copy of
the NFL's "Host City Bid Specifications and Requirements."
It shouldn't be a major surprise, but the NFL typically gets what it
wants. Also: the Super Bowl functions as a gigantic corporate
sponsorship fest. (No stunner there.)
A few interesting items that caught our eye while combing through the
153-page document.
NFL controls "100 percent of the revenues from all ticket sales"
including "ticket sales in all suites" and the NFL "must have exclusive
access to all club seats"
NFL requires a "climate-controlled domed stadium" if average temperature
for that region falls below 50 degrees
"Postgame removal of the field shall be of no cost to the NFL" unless it
wants to remove parts of the field "for the sale of licensed products"
"Exclusive, cost-free use of 35,000" parking spaces for gameday parking
The NFL has the "option to install ATMs that accept NFL preferred
credit/debit cards in exchange for cash" and to cover up other ATMs.
Team hotels must agree to televise the NFL Network for one year leading
up to the Super Bowl
If cellular service is too weak at the team hotels (based on the "sole
discretion of the NFL"), the Host Committee must install boosters and/or
cell antennas.
"Local enforcement officers will be provided to the NFL" for
anti-counterfeit enforcement teams "at not cost to the NFL."
Full tax exemption from city, state and local taxes for tickets sold to
the Super Bowl (and also the NFL Experience, the NFL Honors show and
"other NFL Official Events").
"The NFL shall receive priority over all other ice and snow removal
projects, except those that directly threaten life or public safety."
Tons of advertising for the NFL Experience: 1,500 ratings points on TV
stations, 20 pages of color ads in local newspapers and a 12-page fan
guide inserted twice, 250 live or pre-recorded radio spots on six local
stations and 10 billboards.
Under "additional facilities" the NFL requires the usage of three golf
courses and two bowling lanes: