Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Indianapolis lands 2012 Super Bowl

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Indianapolis lands 2012 Super Bowl
May 20, 2008
Sporting News staff reports

The Indianapolis Colts will have home-field advantage should they make it into Super Bowl 46.

Overshadowed by the labor vote, NFL owners also voted Tuesday to grant the 2012 Super Bowl -- if there's no work stoppage -- to Indianapolis. Arizona and Houston were the other finalists in a competition that usually goes to warm-weather cities. The next two Super Bowls are in Tampa and in South Florida.

Indianapolis narrowly lost a bid last May to host the 2011 Super Bowl. Indianapolis will be the fourth Super Bowl in a cold-weather city. Detroit has hosted two Super Bowls, and Minneapolis has hosted one.

Part of the Indianapolis' bid includes a pledge by the city to build a practice facility downtown that will be left in place for local residents to use.

Associated Press contributed to this report

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