HTA Rejects NFL's 2nd Pro Bowl Offer
NFL Offered To Return All-Star Game In 2011-2012
POSTED: 4:47 pm HST February 26, 2009
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HONOLULU -- For the second time in two months, the Hawaii Tourism Authority Board on Thursday rejected an offer from the NFL for hosting the Pro Bowl game.The all-star game will be played in Florida next year, ending a 30-year tradition in Hawaii.The league wanted the state to pay $4 million a game and to commit to upgrades of Aloha Stadium.The board wants a commitment to have the game played after the Super Bowl if next year's experiment to change the schedule fails to attract enough viewers, HTA Chairman Kelvin Bloom said.The agency in January rejected an offer to stage the game in Hawaii in two of the next four years because it did not include exact dates for the games.The board directed its acting HTA interim director to continue negotiating.
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- February 11, 2009: Stadium Upgrades May Lure Pro Bowl Back
- February 9, 2009: Fans Want Pro Bowl In Hawaii
- February 4, 2009: Fate Of Future Hawaii-Based Pro Bowl's In Limbo
- February 2, 2009: Thousands Of Fans Flock To Last Hawaii Pro Bowl
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