Why is security at the Super Bowl more important than at any football game?

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Do the people attending the Super Bowl somehow have more value than people who attend a regular-season game? Are the people attending the Super Bowl more likely targets of terrorism than the people attending a regular game?

[uppityperson]

1. more people are watching on tv, listening on radio?

More chance to incite panic (for the "evildoers") and incite fear (for the "goodguys" and media).

[havocmom]

3. Make a BIG SHOW of security while the people watch game on TV

and ignore it at the ports... DHS thinks we are stupid.

[DainBramaged]

2. 90,000,000 Worldwide will be watching (estimate) probably more

[conscious evolution]

4. because there are a lot

of rich white people there.

[jmowreader]

5. The terrorists know what it takes to get into this game

Face value on a Super Bowl ticket is either $600 (end zone, looking down the field) or $700 (on the side of the field) and you probably didn't get one. Most scalped Super Bowl tickets are $3000 each. Most of the people who got into the Super Bowl are corporate executives.

If you blow up the Super Bowl you'll take out a massive chunk of America's corporate leadership. Talk about bigtime street cred if you're in the terrorism business. Hence the desirability of this game as a terror target.

Besides, if they blow up the Super Bowl they won't have to watch it. Has there ever actually been a good one?

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6. Well, I thought the Broncos-Packers game in 1998 was pretty exciting.

But that's a good point!