Kapalua, Hawaii ? New York moved closer to getting the 2010 Super Bowl on Tuesday when an NFL committee approved the Jets’ bid — contingent on the construction of a stadium on Manhattan’s West side.

The approval by the league’s Super Bowl advisory committee came a day after the Jets upped their bid for the rights to build on the land to $720 million, surpassing the $700 million from an energy company and the $600 million from Cablevision, which owns Madison Square Garden. The Dolan family, which owns Cablevision, has been in a bitter fight to block construction of the stadium.

The Jets initiated the move to get the 2010 game at this meeting, hoping it would help their chances of building the stadium. But whether it will be built is still a major question — the city and state support it, but numerous political groups in New York oppose it.

“It’s a great step for New York, but the final step is tomorrow,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said of the Super Bowl bid. “I hate to prejudge what the guys might do. But today is a good sign.”

Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who has supported a Super Bowl in New York since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, backed the bid. League owners are expected to approve it today, contingent on the stadium being built.

The Jets, who play at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, have committed $800 million for the stadium project, with the city and state required to raise the rest of a $1.7 billion total.

NFL rules require that a championship-game site has to be used by a team for two seasons before the game is played — a rule that is expected to be waived for this bid because the new stadium with a retractable roof won’t be ready until the 2009 season.