SeatownJay":370n7ima said:
http://deadspin.com/san-francisco-still-doesnt-know-how-its-going-to-pay-fo-1756527792
At the bottom of this post you can read a report from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. By the board’s estimate, the Super Bowl will cost San Francisco, the city that isn’t even hosting the game, more than $4.8 million, and most of the money to cover these costs hasn’t been allocated yet.
Don't even get me started on the City of SF.
So...let me get this straight....
...The city refused to back any public money for the purpose of building the 49ers a new stadium. As a result, the team refocused its attention to Santa Clara because they were willing to fund about 120-150 mil of the 1.3 BILLION dollar stadium.
The NFL uses the Super Bowl as the Carrot to get stadiums built because of the huge influx of $$$ to restaraunts, hotels, and local businesses.
So, the city forks over about 5 mil to build Super Bowl City in downtown SF to host most of the SB activities in the week before the game but didn't have to build the stadium to get the game....IE they are essentially hosting a SB for 5 mil when other cities paid hundreds of million to get a stadium built which got them a SB....
....and then SF complains?
Um....what?
I love the Bay Area, but I gotta tell you the ARROGANCE of people in SF astounds me sometimes. IF ANYONE should be complaining here, I'd think it would be the city of SC for not getting ALL of the SB celebration within it's borders.