Title
Resolution to Declare 2023 NFL Super Bowl Activities in Downtown Phoenix as Special Promotional Events (Resolution 22095)
Description
Request City Council to supersede Resolution 22073 and approve a new resolution declaring that for the three-week period before the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl LVII game on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, and for one week after, all Official NFL Events and other NFL and Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee-sanctioned activities that are held in the Special Promotional and Civic Event Area (Attachment A) will be considered special promotional and civic events for the purposes of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance. The new Resolution removes the NFL and the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee involvement in temporary signage and other City-issued permits within the special promotional and civic event area.
Report
Summary
It is anticipated that certain NFL game-related activities will take place in downtown Phoenix in the weeks prior to and after the game. These events and activities will bring significant revenue and media exposure to the City of Phoenix during the event period. Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, Section 705, specifies requirements for temporary signs. By declaring the NFL and Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee-sanctioned activities as special promotional and civic events, this Resolution allows the NFL, NFL-approved sponsors, and Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee to advertise official events in the Promotional and Civic Event Area by use of signs, banners, and similar devices. This action will not impact any existing permitted permanent signs in downtown. The new resolution supersedes the prior Special Promotional Events Resolution (Resolution 22073) by adopting a new resolution, which removes the NFL and the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee involvement in temporary signage and other City-issued permits within the special promotional and civic event area.
Location
McDowell Road to Lincoln Street, 7th Avenue to 7th Street (includes properties adjacent to 7th Avenue on the west and adjacent to 7th Street on the east).
Council Districts: 4, 7, 8
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This resolution supersedes Resolution 22073 approved by the City Council on Oct. 12, 2022.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Inger Erickson and Alan Stephenson and the Phoenix Convention Center and Planning and Development departments.