Let’s “Make Some History.”
The Jets-Giants bid to host the 2014 Super Bowl is the odds-on favorite to win when league owners vote today on whether the NFL’s first-ever, purposely planned, cold-weather championship game will be played in the teams’ new $1.6 billion Meadowlands stadium, sources said.
The Big Apple bid for Super Bowl XLVIII, dubbed “Make Some History,” has the backing of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell — and many other cold-weather NFL owners with outdoor stadiums eager for the precedent a Meadowlands Super Bowl would set, league sources told The Post.
The list of owners ready to back the bid includes the New England Patriots’ Robert Kraft, Daniel Snyder of the Washington Redskins, the Philadelphia Eagles’ Jeffrey Lurie and the Denver Broncos’ Pat Bowlen, sources said.
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Each has confided to other league brass that a New York win opens the door for other cold-weather cities with new stadiums to snag the big game.
If the bid wins, the economic benefit to metro area is projected to hit $550 million — a record amount for a single American sporting event.
Meadowlands stadium CEO Mark Lamping and Giants treasurer Jonathan Tisch will have 15 minutes to make their pitch in Irving, Texas. Giants co-owner John Mara and Jets owner Woody Johnson also are expected to speak.
Tisch said he was cautiously optimistic because of New York City’s experience hosting major events, like the NCAA Final Four, the baseball All-Star game and the Republican and Democratic conventions.
“They all give us extensive experience to be able to say, ‘When you bring the Super Bowl to New York, we’re prepared, we’re ready and we’re gonna put on an amazing event,’ ” he said.
. Venues also bidding are in Tampa and south Florida.
The league’s 32 owners will select a winner by secret ballot.
The winner needs 75 percent of the vote.
Experts say winning the Super Bowl bid could also give a boost to the Giants’ and Jets’ efforts to sell the stadium’s naming rights — with corporate sponsors willing to pay as much as $500 million to plaster their name on a Super Bowl venue.
The stakes are so high for this one that the league is broadcasting Goodell’s announcement of the winner live on the NFL Network. The owners’ vote is set for around 3:30 p.m.