Sports Listings: Plan Ahead: American Football - Superbowl
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Your support makes all the difference.LAST January's match may have been disappointingly one-sided when the Buffalo Bills succumbed 52-17 to the Dallas Cowboys, but Super Bowl XXVIII, the showpiece final of the American football season next month, continues to be one of the most exciting sports events in the United States. Atlanta in the American South beckons.
The Georgia Dome, west of downtown Atlanta, is the 71,000- seat venue for the 1994 National Football League final, when the American Conference champions play the National Conference champions.
The NFL tends to allocate the final to cities with warm climates, it having been held at venues in the north with covered arenas only twice: Detroit in 1982 and Minneapolis in 1992. The trend is to take the Super Bowl to warm-weather cities, though the weather in Atlanta in January is changeable. In 1995, it goes to Miami; the following year Phoenix, Arizona, will be the host. The venue for the 1997 final is San Diego, followed by New Orleans in 1998.
Demand for tickets in the United States outstrips supply. For supporters on this side of the Atlantic, however, the NFL have appointed Poppe Sportreisen, a German tour operator, as their official representative in Europe, with an allocation of 450 tickets. Of this total allocation, 150 tickets have been made available in Britain and Kuoni Travel, of Dorking, is the official agent. Both operators sell tickets as part of a tour package only.
The Host Committee for Superbowl XXVIII is a local organisation, charged by the NFL to prepare the groundwork for the match. This includes producing guides to events occuring elsewhere in Atlanta and transportation. These will be readily available in hotels and from the Atlanta Convention and Visitors' Bureau, which can also advise on general tourist information.
Superbowl XXVIII, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, 30 January.
National Football League, 410 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022. (Tel: 010 1 212 758 1500).
Poppe Sportreisen, Weissliliengasse 10, 55116 Mainz, Germany. (Tel: 010 49 6131 201235. Fax: 010 49 6131 201230). Four- day package, flying from Manchester or Gatwick, costs DM2,750 ( pounds 1,080). For an extra DM300, a VIP package at the game is offered.
Kuoni Travel Ltd, Sports Tours Department, Kuoni House, Dorking, Surrey RH5 4AZ. (Tel: 0306-744477). Six itineraries are offered, from four nights in Atlanta (27-31 January) at pounds 1,295 per person to tours combining a break in one of the following cities: Orlando, San Francisco, New Orleans and New York. There is also a package that includes the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl in Hawaii on 6 February, costing pounds 1,959.
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, 233 Peach Tree Street, Suite 2000, Atlanta, GA 30303. (Tel: 010 1 404 222 6688).
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