SIDELINES : No Portable TVs at Super Bowl

If you want to watch the Super Bowl on a portable television set, don’t try it in Tampa Stadium, site of Sunday’s silver anniversary game. And if it happens to rain on game day, prepare to get a little wet.

Portable TVs and umbrellas are among the items barred from the stadium as part of increased security for the game. Also prohibited are camcorders, still cameras, headset radios, bottles, cans and other containers.

The host city began tightening security today as the AFC champion Buffalo Bills and NFC champion New York Giants arrived in town. Bob Smith, Tampa’s public safety administrator, said 18 law enforcement agencies will assist in the effort to combat possible terrorism.

Besides the barred items, spectators may be asked to pass through metal detectors and X-ray equipment as they enter the stadium.