Times Square Will Be Under Lockdown For A Week Before 2014 Super Bowl

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 3:11pm

Because Why Not.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 3:16pm

Because Obama!

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 3:20pm

For those of us who drive within the City I can only imagine what traffic will be like during this time. That being said, I'm thrilled to see what they do with Times Square. Very exciting.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 3:21pm

Because there is nothing more important on the planet than American football. The NFL is one helluva successful non-profit corporation.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 3:52pm

Broadway from 33rd to 48th Streets. How much is this going to wind up costing us?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 3:55pm

Has anyone told Patti LuPone yet?

[Ex-Siny]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 4:15pm

Is this going to be like Summer Streets event they hold every August ? If so, it sounds like a lot of fun, although I am sure not for those who work in the area.

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 4:50pm

Thanks, New York. I almost forgot that I chose to work in a theme park and not a city.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 6:17pm

People who work in that area will have just sighed a sigh of relief that that Damn Tree is gone, now this!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 7:59pm

Getting to the Equity building is going to be a picnic.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 8:49pm

So people won't be able to get to the theaters or they'll be stopped at a certain area? Am I confused?

[Kad]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 8:58pm

Wait, am I totally ignorant for not knowing the NFL was nonprofit? That's sickening.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 11:35pm

Kad:


Critics cry foul as NFL defends nonprofit status (Oct 2013)

[jnb9872]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 11:53pm

That article Liza posted does a good job mitigating what I thought that might mean; the League (the conglomeration of 32 tax-paying for-profit organizations) being a not-for-profit promotional organization for the sport makes some sense to me. I think it's more a problem of optics than practical swindling that some might imagine.

I don't think it's nearly as big a deal, in the long run, as the federal antitrust exemption that MLB boasts, for example.

As for the OP, this is fairly standard as far as I'm aware for a Super Bowl to have a weeklong festival of activities on prominent display in the host city. It just hasn't ever been held in a city like NYC since this NFL Experience became tradition. Times Square is a natural fit for what the NFL wants as its tourist base, just happens to be a markedly busier location than recent previous cities' locations (New Orleans, Indianapolis and Dallas the last three. I remember Indianapolis' made a big splash because they set up a massive zipline right through downtown - imagine that in Times Square??)

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/14/13 at 12:54am

Sometimes I miss living in Hell's Kitchen. This isn't one of those times.

[E.Davis]

Posted: 12/14/13 at 9:23am

Did anyone notice that the building in the concept art id Macy's?

[jv92]

Posted: 12/14/13 at 12:11pm

Isn't the Nederlander on 41st Street? What if you want to see NEWSIES?

If Patti LuPone would like to join me in my "Bring the Hookers Back!" protest that weekend, please tell her to call me.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/14/13 at 12:28pm

"If Patti LuPone would like to join me in my "Bring the Hookers Back!" protest that weekend, please tell her to call me."

When they put in the pedestrian walkways, it was Patti LuPone that said, "What am I supposed to do, say to a tourist Excuse me I have a show to get to."

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/14/13 at 1:25pm

"Isn't the Nederlander on 41st Street? What if you want to see NEWSIES? "

You have to park further away and then walk....