City of Philadelphia - File #: 040598

• File #: 040598
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/27/2004
• In control: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
• Final action: 7/1/2004
• Title: Authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to enter into agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, both for purposes of hosting the Army-Navy intercollegiate football game in certain years, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Council President Verna, Councilmember Blackwell
• Indexes: PAID

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/23/2004	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/1/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
7/1/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/21/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/21/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
6/21/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/14/2004	0	Committee on Commerce & Economic Development	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/14/2004	0	Committee on Commerce & Economic Development	HEARING HELD
6/14/2004	0	Committee on Commerce & Economic Development	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/27/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
5/27/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to enter into agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, both for purposes of hosting the Army-Navy intercollegiate football game in certain years, under certain terms and conditions.
Body
WHEREAS, the annual Army-Navy intercollegiate football game ("Army-Navy Game") has become a tradition in Philadelphia, with The City of Philadelphia ("City") hosting the Army-Navy Game for 77 out of the past 104 years, beginning in 1899;

WHEREAS, the Army-Navy Game generates a significant benefit to the local Philadelphia economy by filling an estimated 17,000 hotel room nights in the region as well as other related spending in the City;

WHEREAS, the City and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau ("PCVB") responded to a request for proposal issued by the Army Athletic Association ("Army") and the Naval Academy Athletic Association ("Navy") in the Fall of 2002 to host the Army-Navy Game;

WHEREAS, the Army and Navy accepted the City and PCVB's proposal to play the Army-Navy Game in Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field, in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009; now, therefore,

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for purposes of hosting the Army-Navy Game, which agreement shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit "A" hereto, pursuant to which PAID shall enter into a game agreement with the Army, the Navy and PCVB for the hosting of the Army-Navy Game.

SECTION 2. The Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to enter into a cooperation agreement with the PCVB for the delineation of responsi...