CONGRATULATIONS, TAMPA!

The National Football League announced today that Tampa has been awarded Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 in a vote of team owners.

The Cigar City beat out Atlanta, Houston, and Miami to win the award, not to mention it's own PR debachle when none of the Glazer family members attended a press briefing to promote Tampa's bid. I guess they were too busy planning their purchase of Manchester United.

The 2006 Super Bowl will be held in Detroit, the 2007 game in Miami, and the 2008 contest in Glendale, Arizona at a stadium being built for the Arizona Cardinals. The 2010 game will be held in New York, IF a new venue for the Jets is approved on the West Side of Manhattan.