Lawmakers: NFL Has Completely Ignored N.J. During Super Bowl Ramp-Up
Say East Rutherford, Towns Near MetLife Not Allowed To Use Words ‘Super Bowl’ In Ads January 27, 2014 6:05 PM
Lawmakers: NFL Has Completely Ignored N.J. During Super Bowl Ramp-Up
Say East Rutherford, Towns Near MetLife Not Allowed To Use Words ‘Super Bowl’ In Ads January 27, 2014 6:05 PM
New Jersey officials feel snubbed by a lack of official Super Bowl events being held in the towns surrounding Metlife Stadium. (Credit CBS 2)
SECAUCUS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — With the Super Bowl XLVIII just days away, you’d never know it from the New Jersey side of this two-part equation.
Some lawmakers say the NFL hasn’t endorsed any of its events, leaving New Jersey out of the spotlight and in the cold, CBS 2’s Emily Smith reported Monday.
While the big game is being held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., some Jersey leaders said they are worried that the league hasn’t gotten the memo that this is not New York City’s Super Bowl.
“It’s just not a feeling of … it’s almost like not wanting to be here,” Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said of the NFL.
With the Super Bowl just days away, New York City is clearly ready, turning Times Square into an official NFL-sanctioned Super Bowl zone.
Meanwhile in New Jersey you can’t find a banner or sign with the words “Super Bowl” on it. New Jersey lawmakers say it’s because the NFL hasn’t recognized their events, and therefore they can’t use the official name “Super Bowl.”
