Houston Pursues Super Bowl LI

[Keith]

Set your calendars... 2/5/2017 Super Bowl LI in Houston!

[HPF Bob]

It would be really cool to be the first team to win the Super Bowl on their home field.

[HPF Bob]

Houston, meanwhile, will offer a new scoreboard at Reliant Stadium, which will be the largest scoreboard in the world. Bigger even than the one in Cowboys Stadium?

"I didn't tell [Jerry Jones] that until after he voted," Texans owner Bob McNair joked on the NFL Network.

More from McNair: “We had a wonderful time in 2004, and we loved having the NFL in Houston. We're even better prepared this time. It will be a wonderful celebration. We look forward to having people from all over the world come to Houston."

Said Houston bid committee chairman Ric Campo to the NFL Network: "It's really good. It's like an overtime win for us. We're really excited about bringing the Super Bowl to Houston. We'll put on a party that no one has seen in a long time.”

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/ey...-super-bowl-li

[Nconroe]

That will be nice to see the super sized display and whatever else was promised to get the SuperBowl 51. Very good. I know Texans worked hard to get this over several years. San Fran promising lots of high tech, so I'm guessing we will have a bunch of that too.

[nunusguy]

Congrats to the city and the Texans' organization. And perhaps this will be the catalyst needed to finally raze the A.Dome and replace it with something that would be a revenue source instead of an expensive relic to maintain for the city. I believe there might be a plan to put that up for a vote by taxpayers this Fall ?