Cowboys? new stadium to host 2011 Super Bowl

NFL owners voted Tuesday for the North Texas group, which had Hall of Famer Roger Staubach lobbying on its behalf. The Cowboys? $1 billion stadium seats up to 100,000 and will open in 2009. It has about 27,000 more seats than the stadiums in the losing cities.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the actual crowd ticketed at the game could reach 120,000 with fans being able to watch video screens at each end zone. Those numbers helped, and that was something they considered in designing this stadium.

?Everyone has always told me, ?I wish we could get more fans in the Super Bowl. I wish we could do that,?? he said.

?I think the fact we can have 100,000 people in the stadium is important because it includes that many more people in our biggest event in the NFL.?

NFL owners also reviewed recommended standards for managing concussions during their one-day, spring meeting, and another topic included trimming times for the first two rounds of the draft.

The Indianapolis bid featured the Colts? domed stadium opening in 2008 and was backed by a Top 10 list by David Letterman with presentation by Colts coach Tony Dungy. Arizona hosts the 2008 Super Bowl on Feb. 3 and hosted the 1996 Super Bowl in Tempe.