Canal Street Chronicles, a New Orleans Saints community

"The competition is so great for this, " Goodell said Wednesday as the NFL wrapped up three days of meetings. "They are all great communities, but one of the things that's really changing the dynamics tremendously is the stadium. You are competing against state-of-the-art facilities that have either recently been built or recently renovated. One of the things that was probably attractive about the New Orleans bid was that they were going to be going through their second renovation in the last two or three years."

"This is a sign that we are back," Benson said. "We came together to get this done. A lot of people put in thousands of hours to bring this game to New Orleans and we are not going to disappoint."

"We back! We back!"