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Tennessee lawmakers push to exchange Columbus Day vacation in favor of ‘Super Bowl Monday’


The Monday after the Super Bowl has historically been one of many least productive work days within the U.S., analysis over time has advised.

So, one state is proposing to offer most staff the break day.

A invoice proposed in Tennessee by state Sen. London Lamar and Rep. Joe Towns Jr. suggests the Columbus Day vacation be nixed and changed with a break day the Monday after the massive sport.

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The Vince Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium Feb. 13, 2022 in Inglewood, Calif. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20.
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If the invoice, which is formally generally known as SB1344/HB1463, have been to go, Tennessee Code can be modified “by deleting the language, ‘the second Monday in October, known as ‘Columbus Day,'” and inserting the language, “the first Monday after the Super Bowl, known as ‘Super Bowl Monday.'”

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The concept of creating the day after Super Bowl Sunday an official vacation isn’t a very new idea.

On common, greater than 100 million folks tune into the highly-anticipated sport. Depending on the time zone, the sport can hold viewers up nicely into the night time.

Many soccer followers, followers of the halftime present performer or those that simply need to watch the commercials throw events that includes rooster wings, dips and a wide range of particular sport day recipes.

The NFL logo on the field inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium during Super Bowl week Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta.   

The NFL emblem on the sphere inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium throughout Super Bowl week Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta.   
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A record-breaking whole of 1.45 billion wings are expected to be eaten for this yr’s Super Bowl, in accordance with a forecast from the National Chicken Council.

The late night time tends to influence some folks’s early begin for work and college on Monday. Several corporations have beforehand revealed that their stage of sick calls enhance the day after the Super Bowl.

Adults will not be the one ones who are typically in for a late night time. Children sometimes are additionally in entrance of a tv.

State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., will host Super Bowl LVII Feb. 12, 2023.

State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., will host Super Bowl LVII Feb. 12, 2023.
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At the federal stage, designating the Monday after the Super Bowl a vacation has but to garner a lot assist. A petition was began in 2013, asking the White House to acknowledge the day as a nationwide vacation, however it didn’t obtain the required quantity of signatures.

The Cincinnati Bengals received the AFC title final season, incomes the staff a visit to Super Bowl LVI. The Bengals finally misplaced 20-23 to the Rams, however Cincinnati officers canceled college the Monday after the sport.

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Not each state acknowledges Columbus Day as an official vacation. The day is called Indigenous Peoples Day in some states.

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