Tuesday, May 22, 2007
UPDATED: Super Bowl coming to Arlington in 2011
Updated 02:16 p.m., May 22, 2007
Construction of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium (northwest)
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Cowboys Stadium - May 31, 2009
ARLINGTON — The NFL has announced that the 2011 SuperBowl will be played at the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
Jerry Jones thanked the mayors of Fort Worth and Arlington by name, but pointedly only mentioned "Dallas city government."
Of course, the finger now points squarely on all of us, as the Super Bowl requires 10,000 local volunteers and $20 million in private donations.
Won't you give now?
UPDATE1:
Apparently adding a bunch of suites for the NFL's use pushed the bid over the top.
Texas Super Bowl: Reaction from the blogosphere
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Ron Gafford, chairman of the Greater Dallas Chamber, emails to say that the chamber is "delighted to hear that the Super Bowl XLV will be coming to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan area" with its "90,000+ hotel rooms, more restaurants per capita, and more shopping centers than any place else in the United States." yay for hotels and malls
Teresa Gubbins Staff
2 years, 6 months ago
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if you want to see a city dealing with the agony of defeat, <a href="http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=23495">this</a> piece in <em>Inside Indiana Business</em> tries to figure out why why why it lost, concluding that the "The Cowboys new stadium in nearby Arlington can be configured to seat about 95,000 fans for the Super Bowl, nearly 25,000 more than Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium."
Teresa Gubbins Staff
2 years, 6 months ago
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This isn't really a win.
A few years ago, Boeing was deciding between here and Chicago for where they would like to home-base. They chose Chicago.
And now, when the NFL chooses which city it will trash with their annual party - they choose Dallas.
Yeah, some liquor stores and hotels will make out like bandits. But most business actually lose out.
It's like scheduling a riot.
Sanders Kaufman Verified
2 years, 6 months ago
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Who doesn't enjoy a good riot? I say we turn over some cars and burn stuff. I will finally get to wear that riot gear...
Erin Rice Verified
2 years, 6 months ago
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