

The Minnesota Vikings are making a pitch to host the Super Bowl in 2017.

A day after the Minnesota State Legislature approved nearly $1 billion to build a new stadium, the Vikings owners told ESPN.com that they are interested in hosting the Super Bowl.

The stadium is scheduled to be built in time for the 2016 season.

"I know the Super Bowl process typically happens in the spring, so potentially as soon as a year from now we could be a bidder," team co-owner Mark Wilf said. "We haven't talked to officials about it yet, but we see no reason why we wouldn't be ripe to put in a bid for a Super Bowl, and we're hopeful and we'll do everything we can as owners to persuade our partners that it's a great community, and have a Super Bowl here hopefully as early as 2017."

Bidding has already started for Super Bowl L, which is in 2016. The earliest Super Bowl that Minnesota could bid for is the following year.

Minnesota last hosted the Super Bowl in 1992.