http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/3384856 NFL owners pick Miami to host Super Bowl in 2010 By JOHN MCCLAIN Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle DETROIT - For the second time in almost five months, Houston was rejected as a Super Bowl city. NFL owners today awarded 2010's Super Bowl to Miami. Houston, Atlanta and Miami ? the finalists that lost the 2009 Super Bowl that went to Tampa, Fla. ? were the only cities being considered for Super Bowl XLIV that had been earmarked for New York if the city had approved a new stadium for the Jets. "(Miami owner) Wayne Huizenga made a great presentation on behalf of Miami," commissioner Paul Tagliabue said today. This will be the tenth Super Bowl in the South Florida area. "I want to congratulate Wayne on catching the golden ring one more time," Tagliabue said. Unlike the May meeting in which city and county officials joined NFL owners in Washington, D.C., for presentations and speeches before the vote Tampa won, today's meeting was a trimmed-down version. The three owners ? McNair, Arthur Blank (Atlanta) and Huizenga (Miami) ? each had five minutes to try to convince their peers to vote for their city. In May, Houston and Atlanta were the favorites. Tampa and Miami, which has the 2007 Super Bowl, were long shots. Since May, Houston had enhanced its bid. McNair wrote every owner a letter this week asking them to support Houston. "I think Houston deserves it, of course," McNair said ahead of today's vote. "You know, I'm even more proud of our city now than I was in May when we made our presentation, especially after the way the city opened its arms to the (Hurricane Katrina) evacuees. I hope when a city shows that kind of character that it'll mean something to (the owners)." ""
This is total crap, I was hoping it would be any other city but Miami. The NFL might as well go ahead and hold it there every year from now on.
No I haven't, I am sure it is a great place to have the Superbowl, but they need to spread the wealth.
Houston was not going to get the Super Bowl again, we may have had a great presentation, but while McNair is the chair of the league's revenue sharing committee, the lower revenue owners (who have a bone to pick w/ mr. McNair) will never approve the Super Bowl here in Houston again.
With Dallas getting its new stadium in 2009 (and them being virtually guaranteed a Super Bowl because of it), don't expect Houston to have a decent chance any time soon again. The NFL, and its owners, obviously have its own agenda when it comes to the SB. It doesn't matter how well Houston performed, or how smooth it went... what matters is what the owners all want. Miami could have the worst organized super bowl on earth... and it would still go there because its miami. Same with New Orleans... if they ever decide to rebuild down there.
this is mean but, i hope a hurricane hits them... those bastards..... stop briving the committee w/ your sexy hot latinas! ! !
Now that's funny! But man, the Texans are totally depressing. It would be one thing if they just sucked. But beyond that, we've had Texans' hype and marketing constantly shoved down our throat - #$%* like "Battle Red" day where the team practically orders you to go out and buy more merchandise to wear. And now we find out that over 1/2 of the NFL hates our owner? Let's just say that I doubt whether this is really a "1st class" organization. Yeah, anything is better than Bud Adams, but this ain't no strawberries and cream.
Each owner got 5 minutes to concince the committee . . I can only imagine what maimi did *slurp*slurp*smooch*slurp* Rocket River
According to McClain, McNair owns a high revenue team and consistently pushes for limited revenue sharing, thus making the smaller market owners angry at him.
2 times in 3 years, what the hell are they thinking? and it's not like pro player stadium is a great venue.
They could still have it in the Orange Bowl... the NFL doesn't care. They're going to make money on it no matter what, and the more attractive the city, the better it is for the NFL. (and, word has it that Wayne H. wants to build a NFL theme park right next to the stadium... open year-round... and guess who gets a ton of the proceeds...)
Yeah, I know that wasn't a serious comment, but The Orange Bowl is in such disrepair. Only thing that can save it is, unofrtunately, a corporate sponsor. Yeah, Dolphins Stadium isn't great, but a spectacular venue for bowl games and the Superbowl. Sure, it's waaaaayyyy out there, practically in Broward, but there's sooooooooooooooo many hotels in the Broward-Dade area. Personally I think Miami has got to be one of the top 2 or 3 most overrated cities in the country. It's still a great place, but people's views of this place is far beyond what actually is, but adds to the reputation. Miami is now THE PLACE to be becomming bigger than NYC in terms of events, people, and culture. The VMAs, the Super Bowls, Shaq, Anna, and the movies filmed here (Bad Boys, Miami Vice, etc) are the reason. There's soooo much $$$$ to be made down here, it's amazing the Super Bowl isn't held here every year. It ain't fair, but all the matters to the NFL is $$$. I'll be working with the Super Bowl Organizing Committee for the 2007 game, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
