Tampa Super Bowl Might Be Long Wait
May 24th, 2016
NFL owners are convening in Charlotte this week for meetings, and among many other boring items on the agenda, is awarding future Super Bowl sites, specifically Super Bowls in February of 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Tampa is vying for a couple of those dates, but it appears the Bucs and area officials will be on the outside looking in. Odds-on favorites to land those Super Bowls are Atlanta (new stadium), Miami (basically a re-built stadium) and Los Angeles (new stadium).
The NFL, in short, loves awarding Super Bowls to cities with new stadiums — for cooperating to pay for and build a new stadium. Once thought to be in the regular rotation of Super Bowl sites, Tampa is on the outs, notes the “Custodian of Canton,” eye-RAH! Kaufman.
The Bucs have fired 4 head coaches since the last time the NFL awarded a Super Bowl to the Bay area. Chris Simms was still the starting QB
— Ira Kaufman (@IKaufman76) May 23, 2016
Yes, the last time owners voted to allow the Tampa Bay area to host a Super Bowl, Jeff Garcia had yet to come to the Bucs and Chucky was still head coach.
And the odds of the Tampa Bay area hosting another Super Bowl soon appear bleak. Aside from the new/refurbished stadiums mentioned above, there may be two more coming too the mix: San Diego and/or Las Vegas.
Yes, Minnesota, which opens a new stadium this fall, already has the Super Bowl for February 2018.
It’s getting harder and harder for the Bucs to compete with the big boys and their flashy new cribs.
May 24th, 2016 at 9:08 am
Does it matter to the average fan, I think not. The Bucs improving and becoming other than a gimme win for other teams is at the top of the list and always will be.
May 24th, 2016 at 9:12 am
The grand fallacy that the NFL loves to pull on cities…The Super Bowl, that thing on which the NFL bases it’s whole season and upon which it banks millions upon millions while the poor host city is left to clean up the mess, pay overtime for extra police, fire, ems and trash services, while the mighty shield skips on home back to Park Ave without paying a dime for the privilege of costing your city millions upon million of tax dollars.
May 24th, 2016 at 9:19 am
Oh well……..looks like we won’t be able to play a SB in our own stadium for a few years. 🙂
May 24th, 2016 at 9:41 am
I’d rather be IN the Super Bowl than host it!
May 24th, 2016 at 9:50 am
I’m with StPete! I’d much rather have the Bucs IN the Super Bowl rather than our area hosting it! Let Artie Blank soak Falcon fans with $45,000.00 PSL’s while continually putting a mediocre product on the field! Nothing would be nicer than have the Bucs play the Super Bowl in Atlanta!!!
May 24th, 2016 at 9:59 am
Who cares? I want to play in it, not drive through traffic because of it.
May 24th, 2016 at 10:19 am
a 2020 miami superbowl would give miami 2 in a 25 year span. bucs had 3 in the 28 years between 1991 and 2009. it’s not exactly a crime that we might be waiting 15 years for another one. even if the las vegas franchise happens, it would be a major turn for them to jump into the market with a superbowl right off the bat
May 24th, 2016 at 10:22 am
*i meant 3 in a 25 year span for miami. 1995, 2010, 2020
May 24th, 2016 at 10:32 am
Meh, who cares.
May 24th, 2016 at 10:41 am
Traffic on Dale Mabry is bad enough
May 24th, 2016 at 10:55 am
A boatload of local businesses do, not to mention their employees.
Ask any owner of a mom and pop business along the beaches if he/she would like to have a Super Bowl here. Long-time owners of said businesses will tell you the traffic that comes through their doors when the beach hotels are full for a weekend.
May 24th, 2016 at 12:02 pm
For those who say who cares? – Super Bowls mean $300-$500 Million dollars being spent locally in a week’s time.
May 24th, 2016 at 12:19 pm
I like the financial upside for the city with a super bowl, but I dont know of a team that has ever won a super bowl (or gone to one) in their own city so that gives the Bucs a better chance
May 24th, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Our stadium is old. Honestly I was never really a fan of it as a venue. I thought the GA Dome was nicer. BoA is nicer. I saw Mile High 2 weeks ago on vacation. People got to Mile High just to eat lunch on the steps in monument park.
May 24th, 2016 at 2:49 pm
still not understanding cold weather cities being award superbowls
May 24th, 2016 at 3:21 pm
BucTrooper – You think that dump in Atlanta is better than RayJay? OK there buddy…
May 24th, 2016 at 4:15 pm
I do. The site lines were better. Concessions were cheaper and better. Access to the stadium wasn’t convoluted. I’m sorry. It is.
May 24th, 2016 at 4:18 pm
When the Rams played the Steelers in the Super Bowl game was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
May 24th, 2016 at 4:20 pm
1. As Joe stated above, it’s a reward for the host team getting a new crib.
2. Indianapolis was fantastic for the Super Bowl.
3. Weather in New York week of the game was awful but if you can’t find something to do in Manhattan, may as well just stay home. 🙂