Super Bowl officials responded to the transportation problems that marred Super Sunday, with NFL Exec VP/Business Ventures Eric Grubman saying, "For the people who were inconvenienced and delayed, it was no doubt very frustrating" (ESPNNY.com, 2/3). He added if "the Super Bowl were to return to New Jersey, the league would be more prepared" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/4). N.J. Transit Exec Dir James Weinstein defended his agency: "We did an excellent job moving a lot of people to a major event. When 82,500 people leave a place at the same time there’s going be congestion. There was, and we got through that congestion in what I believe was a realistic time" (AP, 2/3).
N.Y. TIMES header: “A Waiting Game After the Super Bowl: Hours in Line for the Train.” N.Y. DAILY NEWS: "Super Bowl Screw Up." N.Y. POST: "NJ Transit Defends Post-Super Bowl Train Delays."
Meanwhile, the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee today has taken over the Arizona Republic’s website, with the newspaper’s homepage featuring the committee’s logo at the top along with a link to azsuperbowl.com and the copy, “The Countdown Is On.” Super Bowl XLIX will be played at Univ. of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 (THE DAILY).
