Some people may consider a city hosting the Super Bowl to be an economic gain, a tourist attraction and a fairly patriotic act since football is the number one sport in the nation. However, professionals, sports-lovers and city residents alike have questioned the legitimacy of this claimed benefit for years.
It has been argued that cities like Los Angeles, New Orleans and Miami get to soak up the touristic values of being host cities for the annual game. A GoBankingRates article noted how in a Los Angeles and Inglewood economic report, those cities received “tens of millions of social media interactions” as a result of the Super Bowl being held there.