Irsay Says Los Angeles Could Host 2016 Super Bowl Even Without Its Own Team

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay raised the possibility that Los Angeles could host the Super Bowl in 2016, despite having gone without a team since 1995. Irsay has a home in the area and serves on the NFL's Super Bowl Committee. He discussed the possibility in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, a member of the league's Super Bowl committee, raised the possibility of L.A. playing host to that landmark game.

"In L.A., it's there for the taking," Irsay, who spends a lot of time here and is a member of Riviera Country Club, said in a telephone interview.

"People there are going to have to make it happen, make it work. But I know right now people are ready to put their time and effort into making this work."

There is a historical reason for staging that game in L.A. The first Super Bowl, pitting Kansas City and Green Bay, was played at the Coliseum in January 1967. In the years that followed, one more Super Bowl was played at the Coliseum, and five were played at the Rose Bowl.

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