{"id":663,"date":"2008-05-20T16:32:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T20:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=663"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:58:06","slug":"indianapolis-home-of-the-2012-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/05\/20\/indianapolis-home-of-the-2012-super-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis &#8211; Home of the 2012 Super Bowl!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/Superbowl.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for the 2012 Super Bowl\" width=\"385\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not Fort Wayne news, but still noteworthy!<\/p>\n<p>From the News-Sentinel:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(AP) &#8211; According to the Colts Web site Tuesday afternoon, the NFL owners have made the decision that Indianapolis will host the 2012 Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium. Indianapolis beat out bids from Houston and Phoenix.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colt&#8217;s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>A SUPER BOWL CITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By John Oehser &#8211; Colts.com<\/p>\n<p><em>NFL Owners Award 2012 Super Bowl to Indianapolis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ATLANTA, Ga. &#8211; This time, there were only smiles. Because on Tuesday afternoon, the NFL owners made a decision for which the city of Indianapolis has waited for a year &#8211; actually, more than that.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement:<\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis is hosting the 2012 Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis, which last May narrowly lost a bid to host the 2011 Super Bowl, on Tuesday was awarded the Super Bowl that will be played in February of 2012. The members of the city&#8217;s Super Bowl committee submitted the city&#8217;s bid shortly after 1 p.m. at the Spring 2008 NFL Owners Meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from Houston and Phoenix submitted bids for those cities immediately after Indianapolis&#8217; bid.<\/p>\n<p>The league&#8217;s owners voted to award the game to Indianapolis shortly thereafter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Congratulations, Indianapolis!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Fort Wayne Observed for the heads-up &#8211; visit the post for some interesting insight into the differences between you and the NFL!<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-bbq-ribfest\/54203.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Indianapolis Colts transport for Blue at the Indianapolis Colts Fanfest which was part of the 2008 BBQ Ribfest on June 19, 2008.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='842a980cf620825a972e09c92a8f29a8' 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