"Will Rejection Of Houston Equal Rights Ordinance Hurt City Businesses? Repeal Of Anti-Discrimination Law Will Not Affect Super Bowl", 4 Nov 2015

...[S]upporters of the Equal Rights Ordinance, which would have protected gay and transgender people, among others, warned its repeal could cause the city to lose tourism and convention business if people saw the nation's fourth largest city as being intolerant. But one day after the ordinance failed by a wide margin, the vote's result seemingly had no effect on the National Football League, which said Wednesday it still plans to hold the 51st Super Bowl in the southeastern Texas city February 2017...[C]ompanies...joined LGBT activists in campaigning for the proposition that they said was similar to those already in effect in 200 other cities around the country. In previous, similar situations, some cities have experienced significant economic blowback when they take actions viewed as discriminatory or intolerant...[T]he passage of a "religious freedom" bill in Indiana earlier this year led to the cancelation of several conferences and concerts. There, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act aimed to allow any individual or corporation to cite religious beliefs if they were accused of discrimination by a private party...