But the UK does have a talent for organizing major events and Super Bowl LI has taken a leaf from its book. Host Houston decided that it wanted to run the biggest volunteer program in Super Bowl history. To achieve that, it appointed Andy Newman, a Brit with experience of helping run the London 2012 Olympics, as director of volunteer programs for the Houston Super Bowl Host committee. Biggest Ever Program“This is the biggest volunteer program for any Super Bowl in history and London 2012 was instrumental,” Newman, 37, told me in a recent interview. Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis was the one before us that had the biggest volunteer program, with about 8,000 volunteers, which set the benchmark for us.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2017 01:40 UTC