Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced Wednesday she had vetoed a controversial religious-freedoms bill that was sent to her desk by the state's legislature, dousing anxiety that had been growing daily for the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee.

Host Committee CEO Jay Parry had said the organization went straight to Brewer's office to express its concern and disagreement over Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed Arizonans the ability to cite religious beliefs as a reason to deny services to anybody.