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May 25, 2010

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Washington, DC – Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ), a member of the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, who sent a letter last week to all 32 NFL teams in support of the Giants/Jets Super Bowl bid for 2014, released the following statement:

Today, the team owners of the National Football League (NFL) made the extraordinary and bold choice to host Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey – in my congressional district. I congratulate and thank them for making the right choice by selecting our new state-of-the-art stadium at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ as the site for the 2014 Super Bowl.

Located just minutes from the heart of Manhattan, the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, NJ is an ideal location to host football’s biggest game. As the only Member of Congress to represent two NFL teams, I can tell you that we know how to host a football game in northern New Jersey. We will do the NFL, NFL fans, and New Jerseyans proud!

In my letter to all 32 NFL team owners last week, I wrote that the “tri-state area supports two NFL franchises; we support them through rain and shine, through seasons of triumph as well as seasons of heartbreak. Yet, the modern NFL’s championship game has never been played in our home stadium!” I am very happy to hear to hear that they NFL owners heeded our call to bring the 2014 Super Bowl to its rightful place: the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

Link to Congressman Rothman’s letter to NFL owners: http://www.rothman.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1249&Itemid=1

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