The Super Bowl promises to be as jammed as ever. I recently received an email offering tickets starting at $5,500 per seat. (I explained this concept to the kids, noting that it would cost as much for our family to attend than to purchase a nice new car. The 5-year-old almost never is exposed to broadcast television, but still managed to respond “We could watch it on TV for free.”)
Isn’t there a risk of COVID spreading in the stadium, which holds between 65,618 and 75,000?
Looks as though climate change activist Bill Gates’s investment in Signature Flight Support (supplier of jet fuel for the world’s Gulfstream owners) will be secure. Even this year, the expectation is for half of the world’s private jets to converge on a few airports. Email from the FAA…
A reservation program to facilitate ground services at the following Tampa Bay area airports will be in effect Feb. 3 – 9, 2021. Pilots should contact the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at their airport to obtain reservations and additional information.
- Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)
- Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL)
- St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE)
Special air traffic procedures to minimize air traffic delays and enhance safety will be in effect for the following airports:
- Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE)
- Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL)
- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)
- Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (BKV)
- Tampa Executive Airport (VDF)
- Clearwater Airpark (CLW)
- Pilot Country Airport (X05)
- Albert Whitted Airport (SPG)
- Zephyrhills Municipal Airport (ZPH)
- Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF)
- Tampa North Aero Park (X39)
- Plant City Airport (PCM)
- Bartow Executive Airport (BOW)
- Winter Haven Regional Airport (GIF)
- South Lakeland Airport (X49)
- Venice Municipal Airport (VNC)
Related:
- “Bill Gates joins Blackstone in bid to buy British private jet services firm” (Guardian): “Bill Gates has joined a £3bn bidding war to buy the world’s largest private jet services company just as he prepares to publish his new book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.”
No, there’s no risk of COVID spreading. At $5,500+ per seat, nobody who isn’t rich will be there, and COVID restrictions are only for the little people.
Trillion is the new billion, so $5000 for a ticket isn’t bad. Used to marvel at how companies in the weimar republic once hit trillion mark valuations, but now everyone’s hitting trillion dollar net worth & it’s normal for everything to have 2 or 3 more zeros.
Go Bucs!
Any special flight rules expected for the airspace around Tampa the day of the big game?
A story on skywriting and political speech:
https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=family&id=301497&look_up!_was_that_a_homophobic_message_in_the_sydney_sky
Maybe Gates bought the jet fuel company it so he can shut it down. #savetheplanet
SuperMike, I see an opportunity here.
But I doubt that your suggestion is the case. Would you bet on it?
The official attendance for the Super Bowl this year will be 25,000 fans and 30,000 cutouts. So it won’t be ” as jammed as ever.”
If you’re elite enough to have access to frequent testing, then not only is it OK to be in close proximity to others at sports events, but you don’t even need to wear a mask! This is according to Dr. Fauci of course.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/24/anthony-fauci-denies-hypocrisy-after-watching-game-without-mask/
reminds me of photos of maskless Lady Gaga being escorted onto stage for Inauguration by a masked Marine guard: https://www.today.com/popculture/why-marine-was-chosen-escort-lady-gaga-inauguration-t208085