Super Bowl moving to New York?

[sunndoggy8]

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be a great event if it took play in Giants stadium? Weather conditions won't be what the NFL favors for the big game, but still, it's a great idea.

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[CYYYFYYY]

Yea a super bowl in the ice
cold.... The hell with letting
the best team win in good
weather.... make it luck....
maybe a nice snow storm...
THINK PEOPLE!!!!!!!! Oh by
the way as well.... the giants
and Jets play in JERSEY!!!!!!!
The only New york team is the
Bills!!!


David the Franchize
Let them eat Cake!

[sunndoggy8]

First of all, who cares about the weather, it's for one Super Bowl, and it's obviously for a special occasion. It would be great for the economy of the city, and it will lift people's spirits even more. There isn't an issue of playing the NFC/AFC championship games on that homefields of whoever has home-field advantage, no matter the weather, cold or hot. So why not just give NYC a chance?? Of course the Super Bowl is a game in and of itself, a spectacle outside of the normal playoffs, but still...is it so wrong to even fathom it could happen?

And everyone here does know that the Meadowlands is in Jersey, but what does that at all have to do with moving the Super Bowl here? And where in my post did I even start getting into the issue of the stadium being in NJ or NY?

It's wishful thinking, as I said, but isn't having hope for it to happen allowed?


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[sunndoggy8]

<i>Commissioner says NYC a Super option

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sept. 30, 2001) - The NFL is considering Giants Stadium for the Super Bowl as a way to help New York recover from the terrorist attacks.

League commissioner Paul Tagliabue said, however, that he still hopes to keep the championship game in New Orleans while playing a full season and that East Rutherford is just one of several options. The NFL also is looking at Los Angeles, Tampa and Miami.

The idea of holding the title game at Giants Stadium on Feb. 3 was proposed by New York Sen. Charles Schumer.

"It would be one way to help rebuild the city," Tagliabue said Sunday. "But there would also be logistical problems and security problems. It's one of many ideas under consideration."

Schumer said the move would represent a "symbol of triumph over terrorism."

New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said it would be "terrific" if the Super Bowl were at Giants Stadium.

"They should just decree that the Giants and the Jets are going to be in it and stop all this nonsense with all these other teams," he said.

Tagliabue spent much of last week negotiating with the National Association of Auto Dealers, trying to switch dates with the group, which is scheduled to meet in New Orleans on Feb. 3.

The Super Bowl had been scheduled for New Orleans on Jan. 27, but the NFL wants to delay the playoffs a week because of the week it took off after the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington.

A switch with the auto dealers has hit a number of snags.

"They have a lot of exhibitors who already have reservations and tickets," Tagliabue said.

Asked about reservations made by fans headed for the Super Bowl, he replied: "That's our problem. It's what we have to deal with."

Tagliabue also said he is exploring the possibility of an accelerated playoff system that would keep the Super Bowl in New Orleans on the scheduled date.

The shortened playoff format would mean games on the Wednesday following the final Sunday of the season, which is now scheduled for Jan. 6.

The NFL also could reduce playoff teams from 12 to eight and play the normal schedule, which would culminate with the Super Bowl on its scheduled date.

Schumer appeared in Manhattan on Sunday with two former New York football stars - Ottis Anderson of the Giants and Marty Lyons of the Jets.

The senator said a Super Bowl would pump $400 million into the local economy, easing the burden on the hotels, restaurants and entertainment industry.

"It sends one message loud and clear: We are not afraid," he said.


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[The Blowhard]

Bravo!

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"

[adolescentmasturbator]

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"

Nice Heckler, Zapata quote.

I think the Super Bowl would be great at the Meadowlands. Screw what they had planned.

I will get a sig pic...eventually

[TomPoo]

Well played Sunndoggy

A Superbowl in New York... that would be awesome.

unfortunately that is probably the one major championship we won't see played here. But it would definately be funny to see everyone freezing there ass off in a championship game.

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----TomPoo

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[sunndoggy8]

Oh well it was a nice thought...

<i>Deal for Auto Dealers could be up to $12 million

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By Len Pasquarelli and Chris Mortensen
ESPN.com


The executive director of the National Automobile Dealers Association, the group the NFL is negotiating with to switch convention dates and accommodate Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, denied to ESPN.com on Monday night that there is a tentative deal but acknowledged his group is awaiting the formal proposal from league officials that could lead to one.

Therefore, an accord that would permit the league to move back the date of the Super Bowl from Jan. 27 to Feb. 3, and thus permit a full 12-team playoff field, could be officially struck within a few days.

David Hyatt, the executive director of the NADA, confirmed that NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue phoned NADA president Phil Brady himself on Monday at about 6 p.m. ET and told him a proposal would be faxed to the group in the next few hours. That proposal would then need approval by the NADA's board of directors.

An NFL source close to the negotiations confirmed for ESPN.com that the league had indeed drafted a formal proposal for the NADA to consider. But even before the proposal was in document form, Tagliabue presented Brady with a verbal offer. Sources said that Brady told the league that if the written proposal reflected the verbal one, it likely would be favorably received.

The league is expected to pay the NADA about $10 million to $12 million to handle the costs of moving its convention. Part of the payment likely will come from a so-called "business interruption insurance" policy the league holds.

That amount still will be smaller than the NFL would have been forced to rebate to television networks if the playoffs had been reduced from the normal 12-team complement.

"Right now, there is no deal, but I would agree the progress that was made today in the call between Commissioner Tagliabue and Phil Brady was significant," Hyatt said. "We are awaiting the fax from the league, which is to be a formal document addressing our expenses and our losses if we do decide to make the switch. But we can't really have an agreement because we don't have the proposal yet."

Tagliabue also spoke with New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, apprised him of progress, and told him he hoped to have more news as early as Tuesday.

Morial told The Associated Press that Tagliabue "indicated they were very close" to a deal.


"I'm 99 percent certain that the Super Bowl will stay in New Orleans," Morial said at a news conference. "There are still details that are to be worked out, but my feeling is very good about this situation."


"In the past 24 hours, our fortunes have turned 180 degrees in the positive," he said.

Hyatt said that, assuming the document is faxed as promised Monday night, the NADA will quickly take up the matter. The tentative timetable is for the proposal to be reviewed by NADA officers and the executive committee on Tuesday morning and then discussed via a mid-day conference call with the group's 16-member board of directors.

"We realize that time is of the essence, both for the NFL and for ourselves, and our plan would be to act on the proposal as expeditiously as possible," Hyatt told ESPN.com. "We then would be hopeful of having an answer for the league in a couple days."

The NADA convention is Feb. 2-5, and 24,000 people will attend it. If the proposal by the NFL is approved, the automobile dealers would move their convention up one week. The Super Bowl then would slide into its spot.

Hyatt said two weeks ago the NADA "has 500-plus" contracts signed for its convention, that travel plans already have been made by participants, and that the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has begun preparations designed to address the group's specific needs. It appears, though, the NFL is prepared to financially address those concerns.

Under the scenario of the Super Bowl being pushed back to Feb. 3, the Pro Bowl will be p