Pittsburgh Super Bowl, I don't think so
Monday, July 06, 2015
by Dale Lolley
The Steelers officially put in a bid to host a future Super Bowl last week, but I don't see that happening.
There are a number of reasons but the first is hotel rooms available. If you took the whole greater Pittsburgh area, you might have enough hotel rooms to host a Super Bowl.
But anyone who has to attempt, for example, to get from Washington to Monroeville can tell you that there's no good way to do so at certain times of the day. The city is just not easily navigated.
Another problem would be finding places for both teams to practice in the week before the Super Bowl.
One team could certainly use the Steelers' indoor facility. But it is shared with Pitt, the city's only Division I football program.
The other team might be forced to go all the way to Morgantown to find a suitable indoor practice facility.
And given that the Super Bowl is played in February, you have to plan on bad weather.
Another issue would be playing the game on grass in February in the northeast.
There are a lot of issues that would need to be resolved before the city could host such an event, of which these are just a few.
So while it sounds nice to make an attempt at a Super Bowl. It's unlikely Pittsburgh would be chosen.
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