These big sporting events, while promoted as a mechanism for the host city to print their own money for a week or so, are a giant pain the a$$. I worked the 2000 Super Bowl, in Atlanta. The one more famous for Ray Lewis and his gangbanger friends killing two guys that the fact that the Rams won.
It was a complete sh*tshow, even without the murder.
I’ve heard, and maybe you know from experience, that host cities have big expenditures due to the NFL demands for providing certain services. And then there are costs such as security, police overtime pay, etc which costs money.
Bottom line I’ve heard that host cities in recent years are not making any financial windfall from a super bowl.
And the whole thing can be more trouble then it’s worth. I think we see this, if there’s only 1 city making a bid for 2024.
I’ve heard the Olympics are having trouble finding cities around the world to even make bids to host the games.