This is a big deal. A Super Bowl in an un-domed stadium in a cold- winter city. It should be interesting.By Aaron Kuriloff and Dex McLuskey
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- The new home of the New York Giants and Jets will host the 2014 Super Bowl, the first time the National Football League game will be held outdoors in a cold-weather city.
Owners of the league’s 32 teams voted to award the championship game of the most-watched U.S. television sport to the $1.6 billion New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
In choosing the new stadium over bids by Tampa and Miami for a game that organizers say may pump $550 million into the area’s economy, the owners heeded arguments led by Commissioner Roger Goodell that staging the contest in the nation’s financial and media capital outweighed the risk of snow and freezing temperatures.
“I’m absolutely thrilled; very, very happy for New York and New Jersey,” New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said in an interview. “It’s going to be a great Super Bowl, and it’s a massive boost for New York City.”
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