Pittsburgh er i weekenden vært for NFL Draft, NFL’s næststørste årlige begivenhed. Men byens største sportsbegivenhed, Super Bowl, kommer næppe til at finde sted i Pittsburgh med det første. Steelers-ejer Art Rooney II udtrykker stor interesse for idéen, men kalder det en meget fjern mulighed.
"Jeg ville ikke udelukke det," sagde Rooney til radiostationen WDVE. "Det er bestemt en lang odds, og der er mange andre byer, der gerne ville have Super Bowl. Måske ligger det først om mange år, men jeg udelukker ingenting. Lad mig sige det sådan."
De fleste NFL-ejere stiller krav om en kuppelbane, før de overvejer at afholde Super Bowl i en by. Rooney afviser dog kategorisk, at Pittsburgh nogensinde kommer til at få en sådan facilitet.
"Ikke i min levetid, lad mig sige det sådan,
Fodbold er en udendørs sport, og det mener jeg bogstaveligt. De fleste Pittsburgh-borgere vil sikkert være enige. Der er intet bedre end at opleve en kamp med sneen hvirvlende rundt – det er en fantastisk oplevelse på den slags dage."
Derudover mangler Pittsburgh tilstrækkeligt med hotelværelser til at rumme alle Super Bowl-gæster. Rooney peger på, at man i så fald ville være nødt til at leje cruise-skibe som overnatningsmulighed langs Three Rivers, ligesom Jacksonville gjorde under Super Bowl XXXIX i 2005. Selvom det teknisk set er muligt, kalder Rooney det usandsynligt.
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