On Tuesday we found out that North Texas will be hosting Super Bowl XLV in 2011.   Jerry Jones made it very clear that this was a regional effort during his acceptance speech.  Also during the speech, Mr. Jones acknowledge the mayors of Arlington and Ft. Worth by name while the words "Laura Miller" were never uttered. Listening to local sports talk, you would think that Dallas lost the bid.  I understand some of the curbed enthusiasm for fear that the city will wilt under the pressure of hosting the event.  But these guys get paid to be negative, and they obliged the listeners with plenty of negativity throughout the afternoon. The shows did bring up some good questions about area's ability to host the Super Bowl.  I went back to the proposal that the bid committee made to the City of Dallas soliciting their support in the effort to land the big game.  See the presentation from the Dallas City Council Briefing soliciting Dallas' support here. A couple of interesting points stood out as I thumbed through the presentation:  Six Cities were asked to participate in the regional effort - Dallas, Irving, Arlington, Grapevine, Ft. Worth, and Grand Prairie. ...