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Tampa Bay should say no thanks to these sporting events

In this file photo, Cal quarterback Jared Goff poses for photos with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the first pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Tampa Bay has become the Break-Glass-In-Case-of-Emergency City.

When the NHL decided to pull out of the Olympics, it needed someone — and quick — to host this season's All-Star Game. Tampa Bay stepped right up.

When the NFL realized that the new football stadium in Los Angeles wouldn't be completed in time to host the Super Bowl in 2021, it needed someone to hurry up and host the big game.