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Minneapolis awarded 2018 Super Bowl
NFL Meetings Football Heal
FILE - This file handout released May 13, 2013, by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the Minnesota Vikings shows a rendering of the new Vikings stadium. Minneapolis has been awarded the 2018 Super Bowl by NFL owners. The owners rewarded the Vikings for arranging to build a new stadium on the site of the old Metrodome by choosing Minneapolis over New Orleans and Indianapolis. (AP Photo/HKS, File) - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — Build it and the Super Bowl will come. That message rang loud and clear Tuesday when Minneapolis was awarded the 2018 game after a vote by owners rewarded the city for its new stadium deal. The owners chose Minneapolis and the $1 billion stadium planned for the site of the old Metrodome to host the championship over New Orleans and Indianapolis.