Jerry World and the Dallas Cowboys won the 2011 SuperBowl hosting bid.
How could anyone with the general information be surprised!
The three finalists were Arizona, Indianapolis and Jerry Worlds' Cowboys.
How did the Cowboys win the bid?
It was simple, the other two finalists were easy to disqualify in comparison!
1-Arizona hosts the 2008 SuperBowl and can be eliminated.
2-The new Indy stadium holds 63,000 and Jerry World seats 95,000, with room to shoehorn in another 7,000 easily, as Standing Room Only. Jerry World will put an additional $25,000,000 into the hands of the NFL from ticket sales alone(assuming tickets have jumped to $800).
The Jerry Jones has set the bar very high for SuperBowls of the future. Unless the host stadium is extremely large, don't let your local NFL franchise bid on the game.
Indy can kiss off any future SuperBowl bids with that small stadium.
The SuperBowl is about money, lots of money.
The new Cowboys stadium was the only choice of the three finalists. The vote was just for show and should be acknowledged as such.
Disclaimer: The poster is NOT a Cowboys fan, yet has learned to tolerate the team and fans.
It's outrageous that the NFL allows to Super Bowl to be treated like a high-dollar lady of the evening. As Ron Burgandy would say....."it's whorish." The average man can get a ticket because between the major corporations and professional ticket scalper organizations.......good luck. There should be a much lower price, but I know....supply and demand.
Steeler, we're lucky the Superbowl isn't a Pay-Per-View yet. They'll figure a way to screw us over this some day.
Here's a breakdown of who received SuperBowl XLV tickets(source Dallas Morning news 5/23)
Colts 17.5%
Da Bears 17.5%
Other 29 teams 34.8%
Miami Host Team 5.0%
NFL 25.2%
From that breakdown, corporate sponsors, fat cats and contest winners get the ducats.
Season ticket holders don't get tickets unless the team holds a lottery.
We can't afford the price in the secondary market.
The little guy is being elbowed out. The franchises have to cater to the corporate bigwigs because those are the ones who provide the strongest revenue source for them. They buy corporate boxes, provide advertising for the stadium, and bring in other clients who could provide them with revenue. It has a while coming but we can not say that we never saw it coming.
There are plenty of HOT cheerleaders out there.
Personally, I like the Raiders, Chargers, Dolphins and Redskins hotties. Wow! NO shortage.
Golfblogger-Would you select a stadium that had 50% less capacity? I doubt it.
The Colts #### UP when they built the stadium so small, by professional standards.
More butts in the seats is the best bet.
Don't they call the city of Dallas the big "D". According to flyingPig the cheerleaders would then become "DOUBLE D's". I guess I missed my calling as a plastic surgeon.
Nos- This post was about winning the bid between these three bidders. Indy was b'slapped by a stadium with 50% more capacity.
The good news is that YOU only have to sell one ticket for $250,000,000 and you'll pull a profit.
Steeler-I'd like to see that 500,000 seat stadium. No one could see squa-####!
JQP-Let's see if the Pats get to the 2008 SBowl and get a bunch more free agents, on the cheap.
Socrates-The fun is that the new stadium is 15 miles farther West in Arlington. Dallas hasn't been in the NFL bidness since the early 70's and the Dallas city council is p-issed.(The FBI is investigating half these morons for bribes,graft, etc.) Arlington had a spare penny from sales tax to use, while Dallas and Irving didn't. This is how Arlington built the Rangers ballpark and paid it off in 11 years. Dallas has the old, crappy, busted Cotton Bowl. It was just announced that in 2010 or so, the Cotton Bowl game is moving to Jerry World, so the old venue is toast.
Statistics are a dangerous when handled by zealots.
I believe Burnt Orange isn't a color, it's a disease.
The DH rule should be elimintated.
I like cats and dogs...cats taste more like chicken.
Women are god's greatest creation.
Barry Bonds was detrimental to sports.
The month after the Super Bowl is sports HELL.
March Madness is the best elongated sports extravaganza.
The Masters is great watching, in spite of Jim 'nancy boy' Nantz.
Anyone spouting political commentary should be barred from this site.
This is a sports blog!
I need a soma.
