New York handed 2014 Super Bowl 26/05/2010 |
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The National Football League has confirmed that the New York region will stage the 2014 Super Bowl.
The Super Bowl has never been played in the New York area, but a vote by the league's 32 owners supported a bid to play the game in the New Meadowlands Stadium where the New York Giants and New York Jets play their home games across the state line in New Jersey.
The $1.6bn arena will host the two teams for the first time in the upcoming NFL season, replacing the old Giants stadium.
The joint New York/New Jersey bid beat offers from Florida rivals Tampa and Miami, which have hosted 14 previous Super Bowls between them.
Jets chairman and chief executive Woody Johnson said: "What a great place to have it – it couldn't be a more fun or more appropriate location. It will be played outside and I hope it snows.”
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said: "The world's biggest game will take place on the world's biggest stage.”
"People talk about the weather but this is football – this isn't beach volleyball.”
Reuters reports that the NFL has traditionally insisted the Super Bowl, normally played in January or February, must be held in areas where the external temperature exceeds 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) or in a stadium that has a closed roof.
But the league's Super Bowl Advisory Committee agreed to a waiver for 2014 to allow the Giants and Jets to submit a joint bid for their new stadium opening this year.
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