Minneapolis will host the 2018 Super Bowl after a vote by owners Tuesday rewarded the city for getting a new stadium deal.

The owners chose Minneapolis and the new $1 billion stadium planned for the site of the old Metrodome to host the championship over New Orleans and Indianapolis.

The stadium is scheduled to open in 2016.

"The new stadium was absolutely the deciding factor," Jay Cicero of the New Orleans bid committee said. "Any time that there is so much public support for a $1 billion stadium, the NFL owners are impressed.

"We did everything we were supposed to do, had a fantastic presentation. In the end, we think the stadium did it."

The big game will be staged in the Twin Cities for the second time. It was there in 1992, when Washington beat Buffalo.

New Orleans has staged the Super Bowl 10 times, tied with South Florida for the most, but its bid might have been damaged by the blackout that interrupted the title game in 2013. Indianapolis had the Super Bowl in 2012.

Next year's game is in Glendale, Arizona, followed by Santa Clara, California, for the 50th Super Bowl and then Houston.

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