For the first time in Super Bowl history, the initiation of a social media command center has been authorized to help better direct the flooding of football fans into Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5th. Designed to bring order to an otherwise chaotic event, this ingenious advance in sports technology will help to ease the arrival of as many as 150,000 visitors to the city. Among other things, it will direct them via tweets to temporary accommodations, local dining services, Indianapolis tourist attractions, and a host of other necessities. In the unlikely event of an emergency, the innovative center will also serve in a crisis management mode to guide the temporary population of outsiders to safety.
The building itself will be located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis and will be manned by a staff of twenty individuals for fifteen hours a day. These workers will monitor the influx of Super Bowl enthusiasts through such social media platforms as Facebook and Twitter to better gauge their needs and wants.
The successes as well as the shortcomings of the command center will be under intense scrutiny by city and sporting officials for future improvement. This novel endeavor will be a testing ground for the capacity of modern technology to help bridge the cherished traditions of the past with the efficiency and accessibility of the future. If successful, the experiment will invariably prove a mainstay in the host cities of all future Super Bowls and other major sporting events.
Tags: Facebook, Indianapolis, Social Media Command Center, Super Bowl XLVI, Twitter
