BELGRADE, Serbia — To the few Serbs who spent the last hours of Sunday smoking cigarettes while waiting for the Super Bowl to begin more than 6,000 miles away, Los Angeles looks as impressive as ever.

The newly constructed SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the most expensive sports venue ever built, has carefully crowded out the homelessness crisis devastating California’s cities. The NFL packed the stands to capacity, counting a bevy of celebrities among the more than 70,000 attendees.