NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Supports An Atlanta Super Bowl Bid

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in Atlanta for a meeting of the league’s owners Tuesday, said he would advise the city to bid for another Super Bowl if a new stadium is built here according to Tim Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But he cautioned that the competition would be tough. “The issue that we always raise — and this came up in Minnesota [where] they’re building a closed-roof stadium, it appears, and have the same interest — [is that] the reality of what’s happening is it is becoming more and more competitive to host a Super Bowl,” Goodell said. “But these stadiums are our stage, and they are one of the key components in hosting a Super Bowl, along with having, obviously, the infrastructure. So certainly, if [a new stadium] gets done [here], we’d encourage them to apply.” Atlanta has hosted two Super Bowls, in 1994 and 2000, and failed in subsequent bids for the game, in part because of the ice storm that virtually shut down the city before the 2000 event. The NFL, though, often awards the Super Bowl to new stadiums.

Source: The Redzone
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