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Mayor defends Super Bowl bid, officials send host-committee agreement to committee for one-week review
Summary
Mayor Edwin Lee defended the city's Super Bowl 50 host bid and listed expected economic and charitable benefits, while the Board of Supervisors agreed to continue review of a host-committee agreement for one week to allow additional scrutiny and negotiation.
Mayor Edwin Lee used his Jan. 26 appearance before the Board of Supervisors to defend the city’s role in hosting Super Bowl 50 events, describe the host committee’s charitable commitments and ask colleagues to support the city’s partnership with the host committee. In the same meeting, the board continued consideration of a city agreement with the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee for one week to allow additional review.
What the mayor said and why: Lee said San Francisco and the Bay Area competed successfully for Super Bowl 50 and that the board had previously backed the bid. He emphasized projected economic benefits, private-sector investment and a pledge that 25 percent of host-committee funds would go to local nonprofits. Lee named Daniel Lurie…
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