Ridgewood to see hike in Super Bowl activities
Friday January 24, 2014, 2:07 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Though extra revenue is usually always welcomed, the prospect of making money isn’t the only reason Ridgewood is getting into the Super Bowl business.
Ridgewood has planned a smorgasbord of football-centric activities for the week leading up to the big game (see full list below), with most of those programs consisting of donated time and items. Participation in most of those programs is free of charge, and two larger venues are charging a nominal admission fee of $5.
The National Football League and the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee does not fund any non-sanctioned community events.
The host committee, the community-affairs arm of the Super Bowl, initially selected several North Jersey towns as a “place to visit” when the league announced MetLife Stadium as its host venue. Ridgewood was among the municipalities on the list, which also included the Meadowlands towns, Hoboken, Jersey City, Montclair and Newark, among others.
A group of village residents held brainstorming sessions with hopes of producing unique events for the town, but timing and logistics slowly thwarted large-scale plans. Still, that hasn’t stopped Ridgewood from planning a party.
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“but timing and logistics slowly thwarted large-scale plans. ” What a load of CRAP.
Just look at the players on the rooster of the Ridgewood Superbowl Committee. One may stand out as the Mayors pick for the new Village Manager. These are the true people who are running Ridgewood.
Just this morning walking to work, I heard a couple Seattle fans on 7th avenue talking about “Checking out this town Ridgewood out in New Jersey…you only have to change trains in some other place called Secaucus or something and it’s like an hour away”.
Except not really.