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A looming dispute between National Football League players and owners could result in a rescheduled 2012 Super Bowl or outright cancellation of the game - scenarios that have hotel operators in the city pacing the sidelines. "[...] what do you do with the rest of February and early March?" The city can hardly risk losing the 2012 Super Bowl, Tuchman said, so city tourism officials and hoteliers will likely have to craft contracts for events and room rentals for those weekends that can be altered or canceled with no penalty. Feb. 5, 2012 Expected game attendance: 73,000 Expected visitors to Indianapolis: 250,000 Expected attendance at NFL Experience: 320,000 Volunteers needed to run Super Bowl and related events: 6,000 to 10,000 Hotel rooms required: 25,000 Economic impact: $400 million Cost to stage Super Bowl: $25 million CEO of local organizing committee:
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Labor Rift Looms Over Super Bowl
A looming dispute between National Football League players and owners could result in a rescheduled 2012 Super Bowl or outright cancellation of the game - scenarios that have hotel operators in the city pacing the sidelines.
"What can we do but wait?" said Jesse Ghumm, manager of the downtown Hampton Inn. "Right now, booking anything anywhere near the Super Bowl date is a very carefully c...See the full content of this document
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