The long road that put Tara Green not only on the Super Bowl fast track but behind the wheel, winds from her home state of North Carolina through a Ohio...


The long road that put Tara Green not only on the Super Bowl fast track but behind the wheel, winds from her home state of North Carolina through a Ohio...
One of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s slogans is “A Century in the Making.” That’s in reference to the fact that the first big football game held in the region was the 1912 Texas-OU showdown.
But from the standpoint of handling large international events and being savvy enough to fully maximize the region’s time on the world stage, North Texas is much more of a newbie...
ARLINGTON — North Texas mayors are teaming up to make sure the 2011 Super Bowl isn’t the last at the new Cowboys stadium.
About 50 mayors from Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties gathered Monday at the first in a series of meetings to begin planning regional events for the Super Bowl.
The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee is asking cities to help recruit 15,000...
ARLINGTON – The 2011 Super Bowl is turning into a unifying experience for North Texas mayors.
At least 55 of them gathered Monday afternoon for the first meeting of the Super Bowl XLV Council of Mayors. Host committee officials said that such a council was a
Super Bowl first and an important way to organize the region for the year's worth of events preceding the game.
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ARLINGTON — For the first time in the entire history of Super Bowls, some 40 mayors huddled here Monday to discuss what they can do to help North Texas shine all over the world come February 2011.
The theme of the meeting was teamwork. And the team is North Texas. All of North Texas.
This first of a planned series of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s Council of...
Bill Lively tossed several verbal touchdowns on March 18 that were graciously received by the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce. If this had been a football game, the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee never had to punt.
Lively’s speech, at a luncheon in a ballroom at the Westin DFW North Hotel, was...
A mere three years ago, Ally Traylor was 21 years old and filled with dreams, while living in the Missouri town of St. Charles.
So she decided to do more than dream. She packed up and moved to Dallas and tried out to become a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.
“It was an...
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The North Texas Super Bowl host committee brought in a visiting professor of sorts to tutor the staff on putting on the big game. Members of the Tampa Bay host committee, who have put on four Super Bowls, including this year’s game, flew to the Metroplex on Monday and answered questions and gave tips on what to do and not to do when planning for the Super Bowl. You can’t control...
Host Committee Chairman Roger Staubach recalls his fondest memory of playing in the Big Game.
Roger Staubach did not so much as blink when asked for his strongest Super Bowl memory. He simply shot back 38 years to a time when he and Tom Landry were just trying to amount to something. To a time when the coach and quarterback went to the movies together. In five consecutive seasons from 1966 to 1970,... The first local Super Bowl is still 703 days away, but the National Football League is paying close attention to North Texas this week. A pair of NFL executives arrived in town on Wednesday to meet with the Super Bowl XLV Host Committee and regional leaders, and also tour the Dallas Cowboys new $1.1 billion stadium. They also intend to look at venues that could host events associated... Representatives from the National Football League are in town through Friday, meeting with members of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, to tour the new Cowboys Stadium at Arlington and discuss the state of plans for the 2011 championship game. NFL reps will be in town every six weeks or so to coordinate with the host committee, said Frank A. Supovitz, senior vice president... Despite the recession, the National Football League still put on dozens of events during Super Bowl week at this year’s game in Tampa, Fla., and expects to do the same in North Texas for the 2011 game at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington. “We are still doing a large number of fan events, and the Super Bowl is still the biggest competitive sports event of the year,” said Frank...
The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee kicks it into high gear
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee is in full throttle, cranked up and running in a city near you. The largest host committee in Super Bowl history held its first meeting of the expanded group Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Arlington Convention Center. That spirited function was followed two days later by an overflow media luncheon at the Fort... FORT WORTH — When the word came that owner Jerry Jones was plotting a bid to host the Super Bowl at his new Cowboys stadium, two things happened on this end of the turnpike. We held our wallets. And we stood our ground. For too long, Dallas has been the bully on this sports playground. While Dallas was raising a generation of J.R. Ewings, luring an NBA team, reveling in the... |