Game on! Planning continues for Indianapolis Super Bowl 2012 after lockout ends

The game is a go! The 2012 Super Bowl is on schedule for Feb. 5, 2012, after the NFL and its players reached a 10-year labor deal ending a lockout that began in March. The end of the lockout means Indianapolis can book another event for the "backup" Super Bowl date. From the Associated Press:

The Super Bowl host committee can finally sack its backup plan for this season's championship game in Indianapolis.
Less than an hour after the NFLPA's executive committee and 32 player reps unanimously backed a new 10-year labor deal Monday, committee spokeswoman Dianna Boyce said she expects the league to open up the Feb. 12 date -- a weekend the league wanted to keep open in case the Feb. 5 game was delayed -- and allow local hoteliers to begin booking rooms.
That means the game will be played on its originally scheduled date.
"We've remained confident this would be resolved, and today it's being resolved," Boyce said. "It allows us not to have to answer the question about if. Now we know when."

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