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NJ: Surviving the Super Bowl's Transit Logjam

Julia Terruso
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Created: February 5, 2014


Feb. 05--Ron Katz has visited six of the last 13 Super Bowl host cities, traveling to the home stadiums for teams in Dallas, Detroit, Phoenix, Tampa Bay, San Diego and New Orleans -- twice.

He was excited to add New York and East Rutherford, N.J., to the list, but came away fatigued and disheartened.

"They should never, ever have another Super Bowl here," said Katz, 50, of Denver. "The area is one of the most, if not the most, amazing places in the country, but based on the logistics that I saw -- and the disregard for fan comfort and safety -- never again."

Katz was one of more than 30,000 people who took NJ Transit to the game at MetLife Stadium. Many complained of hours of stuffy, crowded, and confused mass transit, although the MetLife stands were full by game time. .......................(more)

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