But when I tell you we never got anything with tips, I mean we never got anything with tips." "We were the biggest staffing company that they utilized a couple of years ago. "We would staff anywhere from 50 to 175 concession workers a game," she said. If they are hired through a third party, they have different employment agreement – in which case, some may be tipped others may not.Ī former staffing agency worker for Legends, who said she hired concession workers at RayJay, told FOX 13 they constantly had issues. Super Bowl LV will be the fifth to be played in Tampa.Legends says concession workers fall into a variety of different groups.
Naturally, that is something that we are really pleased and excited about for Super Bowl LV.” They have really transformed the stadium to make it the safest environment possible. “The Tampa Sports Authority and Raymond James Stadium have done a fantastic job preparing the building for fans. “Everything from the video boards, to the suites to the LED lighting and several other improvements have made it possible to host another Super Bowl,” said Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, which takes the lead when it comes to bidding on and hosting major sporting events in the Tampa Bay region and which is working hand-in-hand with the Super Bowl host committee. Combined with health and safety measures that have been put in place, the stadium experience should be pleasing to fans attending the Super Bowl. That project represents the back end of a string of renovations and upgrades playing out over the past four years. “When we have an issue where we need to communicate out into a remote lot, we can stage, we can break it into zones and actually make announcements from anywhere in the building to anywhere in the parking lots,” said Hart. Speaker systems were installed atop 5G towers located in the parking area. Stadium personnel can also communicate via a public address system from anywhere in the building to any of the parking lots. Technology wise, the building has been significantly upgraded.”
“It is designed for all the new 5G users. “From our understanding, we are the only building in the world that will have this throughout the building,” said Hart. The system is not complete, but should be by roughly mid-December. Hart noted more than $50 million was spent on 5G technology that will extend to all parking lots that surround the venue. That really added a dynamic feature to the venue and makes for a nice fan experience.”Īn upgraded fan experience can be realized outside the walls of the stadium as well. “(The field drainage) was still good, but we decided we wanted it to drain a little better,” said Hart. According to Hart, the lighting system features more than two million color schemes. Upgrading the field’s drainage system and the installation of LED lighting were among major projects that were tackled.
The Super Bowl announcement set the wheels in motion for additional projects that were completed by the start of the current season. Those enhancements included new seatbacks, upgraded concession areas, expansion of the team store and renovations to the club levels and suites. Several other projects were already underway or planned prior to the NFL’s October 2017 announcement that Tampa would host Super Bowl LV. Renovations prior to the 2017 national championship game included the installation of high-definition video boards, an upgraded sound system and enhanced WiFi capabilities. We learn from each event and we are getting to the point where people are starting to get used to it and understanding it.” “I think the plan that we have in place has worked pretty well and we continue to tweak it. “We have not seen significant issues and, actually, people are getting more comfortable with (the safety upgrades),” said Hart.