http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5219486 IRVING, Texas -- If you build it, they will come -- wearing winter coats. The New Meadowlands Stadium, the $1.6 billion jewel co-owned by the New York Giants and Jets, will host the 2014 Super Bowl, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday afternoon at the league's spring meeting. The league's 32 owners, undaunted by the prospect of a wintry championship game, awarded Super Bowl XLVIII to the New York/New Jersey region after also considering bids from Tampa and South Florida, both traditional sites. South Florida and Tampa have hosted the Super Bowl 10 and four times, respectively. It took four votes to determine the host. New York/New Jersey won by a simple majority over Tampa. South Florida did not reach the second round of voting. The official tag line of the New York/New Jersey bid was "Make Some History," and it did. It will be the first open-air stadium in a cold-weather region to host a Super Bowl. In their official presentation to the owners, the representatives from the Giants and Jets highlighted some of the most memorable cold-weather games in history. It could be the last cold play for a long time, as the league made this a one-time exemption to its 50-degree rule. Organizers expect the 2014 Super Bowl to generate approximately $550 million for the local economy. While there will be no direct financial benefit to the two local teams, the Super Bowl will help the Giants and Jets sell the naming rights to the stadium. That could be worth an estimated $500 million. The two teams will have access to 109 of the 219 club suites in the 82,500-seat stadium, and those will be distributed to their suite holders. But the money goes directly to the league. The Giants and Jets will split 6.2 percent of the overall ticket allotment. Because two teams are hosting, more hometown fans than usual will be left in the cold. Typically, the host city gets 5 percent. Before it gets to the Meadowlands, the Super Bowl will be held in Dallas (2011), Indianapolis (2012) and New Orleans (2013).
If it snows it will be hilarious. Why is it that they don't build a retractable roof like the Texans did? DD
More expensive to build up there...especially when you consider the union labor they were likely forced to use.
yeah but 300 million more for that stadium? JerryWorld just seems like another level compared to it and it cost 300 million less!
I had some work up there once for a restaurant equipment package installation. My installer had to hire union labor. With that you had... Journeyman - $45/hr Supervisor - $68/hr One other title I can't remember - $34/hr None of them actually did anything because they didn't know anything about the equipment. Costs us thousands in additional labor and that was on a mere $100,000 project.
The Meadowlands are located in a swampy desolate part of NJ. The parties and fun are in Manhattan, which is a good 20-minute drive away if there is no traffic. If you had the chance to go to the Super Bowl, you do NOT want to make it this one. And it is going to be cooooold.
OMG?!?!?! Playing football in the snow?!?!? NO WAY!?!?!? It was about time they had a REAL football game in the winter.
