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Jerry Jones was one of the biggest supporters in the election of Commissioner Roger Goodell, plus his new Cowboys stadium in Arlington has the potential to have 95,000 seats for America's biggest sporting event, with a retractable roof. It will be the largest crowd since the Giants beat John Elway in the 1987 game in the Rose Bowl.
Jerry Jones will get to host the 2011 Super Bowl in the Cowboys' new stadium.
It was impossible for the big-market owners to say no to Jones, one of the pivotal men in the financial growth of the NFL over the last 15 seasons. Remember, he led the revolt in 1992 against then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's idea of refunding money to the networks involved in NFL telecasts. Jones got nine other owners to vote against that plan, one that eventually opened the door for FOX to become a broadcast partner for the 1994 season.
The other result of Tuesday's pro-Cowboys' vote in Nashville is that you can bet the 2012 Super Bowl undoubtedly will end up in Indianapolis, the loser to North Texas.
Arizona also made a presentation for the 2011 game, but it is currently waging some silly financial war with the NFL over some suites for next year's Super Bowl and those unresolved matters made Glendale a distant third in this process.
Dallas-Ft. Worth is the nation's seventh-largest media market compared to Indianapolis at No. 25. There is no doubt that stadium size (95,000 to 70,000) was another factor that helped North Texas beat out Indianapolis and owner Jim Irsay.
But Indianapolis will eventually get its game because the city has a tremendous downtown that makes it easy for most fans to eat, sleep and then walk over to the new Lucas Oil Stadium and its 4.5-acre retractable roof. Of course, it is difficult to imagine any roof being open in February in Indianapolis.
The new Dallas stadium is scheduled to be open for the 2009 season.
