Petty spitefulness of note:

Earlier this month, the N.F.L. shifted its annual draft of college players out of Madison Square Garden and into the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, partly because Cablevision, which owns the Garden, is opposed to the West Side stadium.

N.F.L. Expected to Pick West Side Stadium for 2010 Super Bowl
By DAVE ANDERSON

NEW YORK, March 15 - The proposed Jets stadium on the West Side of New York City is expected to be conditionally named the site of the 2010 Super Bowl by the National Football League next week at its annual meeting in Maui, Hawaii.

"For our club owners, the idea of a Super Bowl in a domed stadium in New York is a no-brainer," said Joe Browne, the N.F.L.'s vice president of communications and public affairs. [P6: Club owners don't live here]

The N.F.L.'s vote was moved up from June at the request of the Jets, which are lobbying hard to be the winning bid for a stadium site on Manhattan's West Side. Bids are due on Monday to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which controls the site.

The 2010 Super Bowl vote, which would require approval by at least 24 of the 32 club owners, would be contingent on the construction by the 2009 season of the proposed $1.7 billion retractable-roof stadium that remains embroiled in political and financial controversy. The Jets, Cablevision, Transgas and possibly a fourth developer are expected to make bids for the rights to develop in the state-owned railroad yards between 30th and 33rd Streets from 11th Avenue to 12th Avenue.