i thought san diego wasn't getting another super bowl after last year??...stadium too outdated, right? if it goes back to calif, i 'm thinking rose bowl again.
that may be...i just remember last year the NFL saying they weren't going back to SD without a new stadium.
I didn't think the NFL was going to go to any non-NFL stadiums again. I know their rules prevent awarding a Super Bowl to a city without an NFL team anymore (which is why Los Angeles isn't in the mix right now). Of course, the rules can be ignored or changed by the NFL at any time since they are the ones who make the rules among themselves. I don't think they'll go back to L.A. until there's a new stadium, though.
Super Bowl 39, Jacksonville Super Bowl 40, Detroit Super Bowl 41, Miami Super Bowl 42, Glendale, AZ Here are my guesses. What do I win if I am right? Super Bowl 43, New Orleans Super Bowl 44, Tampa Super Bowl 45, Houston Super Bowl 46, Atlanta Super Bowl 47, Nashville Super Bowl 48, San Diego Perhaps Super Bowl 49, Miami Super Bowl 50, New Orleans I really don't see Jacksonville getting another one. And I think Detroit will do a good job, but I don't think the NFL likes playing up north for the Super Bowl
So if you are one of the lucky winners how many tickets can you purchase? Where do you send your entry?
rockHEAD, there was an article in the Houston Chronicle today (monday) that had comments and articles about what "outsiders" said about Houston. Overall people said it was fun, and people in Houston were VERY friendly. The only complaint a lot of the people had was the long wait to get into Reliant. (security checks)
kam.. i don't think nashville has anywhere near the facilities to host a superbowl..... but maybe they will
Nashville won't be getting a Super Bowl, unless they plan on installing a roof and heating system on that Colliseum. Despite what the NFL says, they will NEVER put a SB in a cold-weather city that is outdoors. I think they plan on going to NYC, but only if they plan on building a retractable roof stadium in downtown manhattan... and the allure of holding a SB there just may get that thing built. Additionally, Atlanta and Tampa are most likely your wild-card entries... they know they will get the game again eventually, but they won't ever be considered as part of the rotation because both New Orleans and Miami serve as better sites as either a Domed stadium, or a party city, respectfully. IF San Diego EVER gets a new stadium, they might want to have the game there every year... that's how important the great weather is to the NFL... and how detrimental they find cold weather (note: they haven't been back to Atlanta, even though they have a domed stadium, because of the freak snow storm that shut down the city in 2000... and exposed Atlanta's bad planning). 2010-2011 is a good time to estimate the game coming back for Houston... but watch out for Dallas, as they plan on building a retratable roof stadium as well. AS big as football is in Texas, Florida, and Louisiana, I wouldn't mind if ALL the Super Bowls rotated amongst these respective states.
Plans are nice, but there's still no money yet. If the money ever comes through, I'm sure one Super Bowl will be guaranteed (Tagliabue will come down before the vote and make that promise), but it's certainly not a slam dunk that the voters will choose to pay (the Cowboys are certainly a team that cannot use the "pay up or we're moving" card, and they can't even follow the Mavs/Stars plan of pitting the suburbs against one another since the city of Dallas is out of the stadium game, pushing the Cowboys to the county). For a vote that's reportedly just ten months away, they've got a lot to do.
With the way the Dallas city council operates, they would promise to build a football stadium, get the voters to pass a bond issue, and then change their mind and build a giant water park downtown.
They're still talking about putting it on the ballot in November. They aren't locked into that yet, though.
That's about right. But the city council isn't even in on this. Jerry went to Dallas County. At least the county is talking smart. Jones is promising a huge development with the stadium, just like everybody else always does when they want a stadium. Some of the Commissioners are saying that they're going to put the development requirements in writing, lest they end up with a Reunion Arena situation (all sorts of promised development, nothing ever built) or even the American Airlines Center (all sorts of promised development, none happened yet, and promises about the size, scope and cost already broken. PLUS Hicks and Perot coming back after not building ANYTHING and extorting more money from the city. And they've STILL not built ANYTHING). So, I hope if a deal gets done, the County Commission is smart enough to require the added private development and to have penalties with teeth if the development fails to materialize (something like the bill for the stadium cost comes due immediately if development isn't largely completed within a certain number of years of the stadium's opening). But there are many things that make getting a deal a potential problem. 1. They've made some attempts at cracking down on absentee voter fraud recently, which will make it more difficult to get the thing passed. 2. Since the entire county will be involved in the vote, there will be voters in cities that won't be getting the Cowboys, including Irving, which will potentially be losing the Cowboys (they'll know by the time they vote where the stadium is going to be). 3. The Trinity River Project could turn some voters. All of the things that sold voters on the Trinity River Project were lies to get votes. Nearly all those things have been abandoned in favor of a couple of pretty bridges and a tollroad to connect one Ross Perot property with another. We all know that politicians lie, but the Trinity River Project was so very blatant (so much so that the Dallas City Commission went to court to get a legal opinion that they don't have to live up to the promises made to get a vote passed. The City Council actually argued that they shouldn't even have to live up to the ballot language, but the courts didn't buy that). Honestly, if the AAC was up for vote now, I wouldn't hold up much hope for it (the vote barely passed as it was). The Cowboys are a different animal, though, and the love for the Cowboys may well be what swings the vote to the positive (and the Super Bowl promise will be an issue. I actually think the praise for Houston for this Super Bowl could help get the Dallas vote passed since people here will want people to think those nice things of Dallas).
