The "tourist displacement" argument makes no sense. The hotel market in any large city depends in part on having large events come to town: conventions, marath

The "tourist displacement" argument makes no sense. The hotel market in any large city depends in part on having large events come to town: conventions, marathons, Super Bowls. Such events help drive the construction of multiple large hotels. Without the large events, there would be fewer hotel rooms in the first place and, thus, fewer potential tourists to displace--no tourists ever materialize without hotel rooms. With the large events, some tourists might be displaced for abnormally large events (and in NYC or in most Super Bowl host cities, the Super Bowl is not going to be abnormally large.) But even if this displacement happens, the tourists benefit during all other times because there are more hotel rooms for them--which lifts numerous other businesses in the city, such as restaurants and shops and entertainment venues.