On November 5th, ULI Tampa Bay held a webinar focused on the real estate and economic development impacts of the upcoming Super Bowl.

Member Access: Watch the full recording at this link: http://knowledge.uli.org/webinars/2020/uli-tampa-bay-the-real-estate-and-economic-opportunity-of-the-super-bowl-and-high-profile-events

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The story was report on in the St. Pete Catalyst on November 7th.

By: Margie Manning
Published: St. Pete Catalyst

There are still a lot of unknowns about Super Bowl LV, scheduled to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, including how many people will be sitting in the stands at kickoff on Sunday, Feb. 7.

“We don’t know what capacity will be yet,” said Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and president and CEO of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee. “We know the numbers will continue to evolve. We will continue to work with the NFL … and with local public health and government officials to determine what capacity will be.”

Higgins was one of several panelists this week at an online discussion sponsored by the Urban Land Institute Tampa Bay on the real estate and economic opportunity of the Super Bowl and other high-profile events. Those events bring visitors who spend big at hotels and at restaurants and other local firms, so the business community is watching the numbers closely.

The Covid-19 pandemic already has left a mark on the 2021 Super Bowl. Anheuser-Busch InBev, one of the NFL’s most visible sponsors, has decided not to host the 600 people it usually brings to the game each year, according to an Oct. 23 report on Yahoo Sports. ESPN executives have been told not to plan for travel or hospitality for the game, Sportico reported on Oct. 30. Bridgestone scrapped its hospitality plans as well, Sports Business Daily said earlier this week.

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