NFL owners like idea of another Super Bowl in N.O.
by Jimmy Smith, The Times-Picayune
Saturday May 24, 2008, 9:39 PM
ATLANTA -- Several influential National Football League owners say they will support a New Orleans bid on the 2013 Super Bowl, and Saints owner Tom Benson says he plans to bring the nation's premier sporting event back to the city after an 11-year dry spell.
"Listen, I'm all for it," Benson said at the league meetings last week. "I tried to get them to bid on 2012 but they wouldn't do it. We've got to work out with the state to get an extension to our lease, a long-term lease is what we prefer. But I think we're working on it. I feel good about it.
"I think we can get that together and we'll get the Super Bowl in 2013."
According to some of his fellow NFL patriarchs, such a bid would be viewed favorably.
"I support New Orleans for about anything it does," Dallas owner Jerry Jones said. "I got to play in two Sugar Bowls there (with the University of Arkansas) personally and have spent a lot of my life being a part of the great aura and tradition of New Orleans. I know what they've meant to the Super Bowl and, to that end, what they've meant to sports.
"I'm a big New Orleans fan. I don't have any problem supporting anything they do with the NFL. Of course (the time between games) is certainly a consideration. The Cowboys have gotten to play in (two) Super Bowls there (winning No.¤XII in 1978). So certainly I'll be a big supporter of New Orleans."
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New Orleans to bid on 2013 Super Bowl
New Orleans to bid on 2013 Super Bowl
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