NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- It appeared likely Tuesday that Super Bowl XXXVI would be held in New Orleans as scheduled but a week later, on Feb. 3, allowing the National Football League to play its postseason slate in its entirety.
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue reached a tentative agreement late Monday with the head of the National Automobile Dealers Association, which had the Super Bowl site booked for Feb. 2-5, to swap dates and move the dealers convention up a week. Final say is up to the Association's 63-member executive committee, but Tagliabue was optimistic.
Part of the agreement includes the NFL covering much of the expenses the dealers would incur because of the switch, an estimated $10 million or more.
The Super Bowl had been set for Jan. 27 but the terrorist attacks last month led the league to postpone one week of games and extend the regular season into January.
