The Super Bowl is coming to the Big Apple in 2010. Maybe.

Now all the New York Jets have to do is get approval for their West Side stadium project, which is no slam dunk.

NFL owners voted 31-1 yesterday to award the 2010 game to New York, provided the 75,000-seat stadium, with a cost now estimated at nearly $2 billion, is built.

“Today is a landmark day,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said, “and the 2010 Super Bowl in the New York Sports and Convention Center will be a historic event. We’re thrilled about this announcement.”

But there still are many hurdles before the Jets can break ground on what is also considered the centerpiece of the city’s bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

“We’re thrilled with the National Football League’s decision to award the 2010 Super Bowl to New York City,” Mayor Bloomberg said. “It is an enormous vote of confidence in our plans to build the New York Sports and Convention Center. When it is complete, New York will finally have a world-class facility for the country’s top sports events, along with the economic activity and jobs that come with them.”

A statement from the mayor’s office yesterday said that a Super Bowl held in Manhattan would be expected to generate more than $300 million in economic activity and more than $30 million in tax revenue for the city and state.

“This is great news for New York because a Super Bowl means jobs, revenue, and economic activity for our city and our state,” Governor Pataki said in a statement.

The new stadium would open for the 2009 NFL season and the league would waive its rule that a team must play at least two seasons in a stadium before hosting a Super Bowl there.

The NFL’s commissioner, Paul Tagliabue, a strong supporter of the stadium and a Super Bowl at New York, said there is no contingency plan should the West Side facility not be built.