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The Lens: What's New Orleans' cost to host 2024 Super Bowl? At least $800K in tax rebates

Source: theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_48dc2ffe-6459-11e8-bf59-efbd4f554297.html - May 31, 2018

Once again, New Orleans will host the Super Bowl. And once again, that will cost the city some money, city records show.

Last week, the NFL awarded the city the 2024 Super Bowl. It’s usually a highly anticipated announcement, but this time New Orleans was the only city invited to bid for the game.

Even without competition, however, the city committed to a long and potentially expensive list of conditions, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax rebates and numerous police officers dedicated to the teams, owners and NFL officials.

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