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Somebody said, ‘they can't do that.’
Is this true?
If it is, WHY can't a Super Bowl team be the host city as well.
There are several dome stadiums and warm weather outdoor stadiums.
2007-01-26 10:33:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
no, the places are picked out years in advance..
2007-02-01 16:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither are considered the "home" team, because by definition its a neutral site. Thats just semantics, though.
The Super Bowl venues are picked years in advance, theres no way of knowing which teams will be competitive that far down the road. It has just never happened that the city that hosts a Super Bowl also has their home team make it that far yet. Some teams have played in their home city, in different stadiums, though, back when the Super Bowl was played in non-NFL venues.
Besides, what would they tell the team if, say, the Dolphins won the AFC this year? Sorry, you beat all your opponents and won the playoffs, but you're hosting the game, so you forfeit?
Or would they tell the city of Miami sorry, your team's going, we'll have to throw together an alternative Super Bowl somewhere else within two weeks? Logistically, thats impossible.
I think the Superdome in New Orleans is slated to host sometime in the next few years - if the Saints are still contenders, maybe they'll be the first to play a Super Bowl in their actual home stadium.
2007-01-26 10:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by droid327 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on which divisions the home team that year. As far as I know the closest to it happening is when the 49ers played at Stanford stadium in Super bowl XIX. They also used that stadium for a home game against the Patriots in '89 after the earthquake. So they did play a Super Bowl and a regular season home game in the same stadium, just a few years apart. And they did wear their home uniforms, but I'm pretty sure that was just luck for the NFC being the home team. Odd number Super Bowls are the NFC as home and even are for the AFC to be the home team (I think).
2016-05-24 03:12:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not true.
Super Bowl cities are announced years in advance. So it is possible that the team hosting the Super Bowl can make it to the playoffs and be in the Super Bowl. Lots of people predicted that Miami Dolphins would make a run for the playoffs this year and be in the Super Bowl, but they didn't make it in the playoffs.
2007-01-26 11:30:30 · answer #4 · answered by mikea_va 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Super Bowl stadiums are picked years in advance. If a team happened to make it to the game that their city was hosting that year, so be it.
2007-01-26 17:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by drewsh22 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not true. They have the Super Bowl's location prepicked before every season. The only way a team can actually be the home team for the superbowl, however, is if they happen to make it the same year that they're picked to host it. I haven't heard of it actually happening but it might have.
2007-01-26 10:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by gekkman34 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a team happens to make it when their stadium is hosting the Super Bowl (i.e. if the Dolphins made it this year . . . excuse me, I had to stop laughing so I could keep typing), they would still play at the predesignated site You'd think they'd have an advantage, but most of the tickets are given to the media, friends and family of the players, coaches and the organizations, given as prizes, etc.; so any crowd advantage you might think a team would have playing at home is eliminated by the lack of tickets available to the local folks.
As far as I know, no team has ever played on their home field in the Super Bowl. I guess it helps when you schedule them in places like Miami (sucks), Phoenix (double sucks), Detroit (laughing stock of the sports world), and so on.
2007-01-26 10:56:16 · answer #7 · answered by Kballs 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do not think this is true---in fact, it cannot be.
Indianapolis will have a new stadium soon, and they are already trying to get the Super Bowl in the new stadium--in a couple of years. So, if it is planned here, and the Colts play------they will be hosting it.
2007-01-26 10:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Super Bowl is generally played in a neutral site, determined years in advance...It is possible that the home team of the Super Bowl site gets there...That would just be coincidence...
2007-01-26 10:55:41 · answer #9 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither team would be the "host team" but it is possible for one of the two teams to play in their home stadium. It just has never happened.
2007-01-26 11:19:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. The host of the super bowl is determined way in advance. Hell years in advance if Im correct.
2007-02-03 06:49:21 · answer #11 · answered by Duder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋