Hoboken's Super Bowl Plans -NEW JERSEY (MYFOXNY.COM) -
"Pier A in Hoboken offers picture-perfect city views. For the week of the Super Bowl this could also become part of the picture: an 18-foot Roman numeral sign made of steel placed right along the Hudson River.
"We don't want to be an afterthought so we got aggressive, says Scott Katz, the chairman of the Hoboken Events Committee. He says the sign and a plan to turn the pier into a giant ice skating rink are part of a proposal to draw tourists during the week of festivities leading up to the game.
"With the Manhattan image behind it," he says. "By establishing that now have ability to bring people to town and keep them in town."
The committee has been organizing different events for more than two years hoping to cash in on part of the $600 million expected to be generated by the Super Bowl.
Hoboken Council Member Jennifer Giattino is looking to keep down the costs for the city but knows business has the potential to be way up.
"Like Disney World for adults," Giattino says. "Even if you're not a football fan it doesn't matter -- just the excitement, everyone is there to have a good time."
Anthony Romano, the chairman of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders, says local labor unions are donating time to help get things set up.
"It will be a shot in the arm for the community and hopefully that the weather will hold up," Romano says. A shot in the arm for local businesses."
"We don't want to be an afterthought so we got aggressive". Now I've never been to the mother-of-all daydrinking festivities Hoboken St. Patty's Day parade. Mainly because I always bank on catching it the next year. But this is the first time that the NFL is taking the risk in bringing the most televised sporting event to a cold-weather, high(er)-potential, market. The Big Apple. Concrete Jungle. Jay-Z's playground. And what lies between NYC and MetLife Stadium? Hoboken. Perfectly situated to bring in crowds from all over the country because nothing in E. Rutherford is worth more than 5 minutes of your time. Combine that with the fact that Hoboken is one of the top cities for "single young professionals" (aka girls with big boobies who make money), and you're going to have one hell of a party.
No way I'm missing this potential once-in-a-lifetime experience. You can find me about 13 deep with the Swedish babes at the waterfront curling lanes.
You convinced me at "girls with boobies".
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