yesterday, hari sreenivasan spoke with mina kimes, a senior writer for espn, the magazine. >> srennivasan each year we see cities compete for the super bowl as if it is the olympics as if it is going to bringtons of money, energy and excitement. is it worth hosting the super bowl? >> well so for glendale which is where this year's game is, it might not shall. the city hosted the game there 2008 and i read that they actually said oh, we lost money which was surprising. so i called the mayor who told me not only did we lose money then we are totally going to lose money this year. which is an absolutely stunning statement from a public official. >> how is it losing money. >> the game is in glendale many of the events are in scotts dale and so many people will come in and leave, the city has to spend money on security. >> srennivasan: this also happened last year with the super bowl in new york right, i said new york. >> the actual game was in new jersey but everyone remembers that it was in new york super bowl. so as a result new jersey felt kind of spurned in a way by the game. >> srennivas