- Title: Arizona ready to host Super Bowl 57 after eighteen months of planning
- Date: 9th February 2023
- Summary: GLENDALE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 8, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF STATE FARM STADIUM WHERE SUPER BOWL 57 WILL BE HOSTED TAILGATE SIGN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 3, 2023) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAY PARRY, CEO OF THE ARIZONA SUPER BOWL HOST COMMITTEE, SAYING: “We were so excited when we got the bid back in 2018, which, you know, seems like
- Embargoed: 23rd February 2023 00:10
- Keywords: ARIZONA GLENDALE PHOENIX STATE FARM STADIUM SUPER BOWL 57
- Location: GLENDALE, ARIZONA / PHOENIX, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES
- City: GLENDALE, ARIZONA / PHOENIX, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: American Football,North America,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001875208022023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A mega-watt spotlight falls on Arizona as a week-long celebration of the National Football League's title game will prove the ultimate test for the Super Bowl hosts.
Going to the Super Bowl is every players' dream but hosting it could be a logistical nightmare in the wrong hands, with high stakes and a league that demands perfection for the world's most-watched annual sporting event.
"Everything from liquor licenses to bus service is impacted by the Super Bowl, so we've been working since the day we earned the bid to be ready," Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego told Reuters. "It's really all hands on deck for the city of Phoenix."
She anticipates some one million people will come through Phoenix's downtown, which has been super-sized since the city last hosted in 2015, with the number of restaurants nearly doubled and 10 million square feet of buildings added.
The competition to secure a hosting bid has seemingly become fiercer with each passing year, as flashy new stadiums in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the 2024 and 2022 hosts, respectively, are a tantalizing draw.
And the old standbys - 11-times host Miami and New Orleans, which will host for the 11th time in 2025 - seem to have little difficulty attracting the NFL's eye.
Arizona, which is hosting for the fourth time, sees little reason why it should not be counted among the more appealing options. This time around, the city's Super Bowl theme pays tribute to Arizona's Native American community.
"We are working directly with four of our Native American community communities here. And so that's the Gila River community, it's the Ak-Chin community, it's the Tohono O'odham, and it's the Fort McDowell. And so they have just said they are so excited to be a part of Super Bowl," said Jay Parry, the Arizona Super Bowl host committee president and CEO.
Parry, who held the job in 2015 as well, said a crew of some 5,000 volunteers will be deployed at airports, hotels and events to help everything go to plan, with the goal of embracing the NFL's exacting standards.
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