By Harvey Fialkov - sun-sentinel.com

October 6, 2005, 12:20 PM EDT

DAVIE - South Florida came up with a victory Thursday morning when the NFL announced that Super Bowl XLIV would be staged at Dolphins Stadium in 2010.

The announcement was made at the owners meeting near Detroit.

South Florida is already hosting Super Bowl XLI in 2007. This will be the ninth Super Bowl held in South Florida, the fifth at Dolphins Stadium. Only New Orleans has served as the host city as many as nine times.

Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga, CEOs Joe Bailey and Bryan Wiedmeier are expected to be available for comment later today.

Atlanta, Houston and Miami made a final pitch for the marquee event at an NFL owners meeting in Romulus, Mich., a Detroit suburb about 25 miles from Ford Field, where the next Super Bowl will be played.

Atlanta and Houston entered the vote as favorites because Miami already had been picked for the 2007 game. After 2010, Miami will top New Orleans' record of nine for hosting the most Super Bowl games.

The 2010 Super Bowl originally was awarded to New York on the condition that a new stadium be built for the Jets. Those plans, however, fell through.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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