The host city for this game of games for the football season is predetermined three to five years in advance to give the city time to make sure that the stadium and the accommodations are ready for the influx of visitors. With the cities being chosen in advance, each city with an NFL team gets a shot at hosting the Super Bowl. Otherwise, the honor would always fall to the teams that win the playoffs and advance to the Superbowl.
Super Bowl Trivia
The Superbowl is always played on the last Sunday in January or the first Sunday in February. In 2007, the Super Bowl will take place on February 4 in Miami, Florida at the Dolphins Stadium. Superbowl 2008 is scheduled for Phoenix, Arizona. The pre game show and the half time show always include the top performers and entertainers in the country. Big companies spend millions of dollars on advertising campaigns for ads to be released during the televised Super Bowl. With millions of fans tuning in, this is a sure way of getting noticed by everyone all at once.
There is some interesting trivia arising out of the long history of the Superbowl.
* Even though the host cities are chosen well in advance, no team has ever played in the Super Bowl on its home turf.
* Superbowl XI was the last time the start time for the game was at 3:30 P.M.
* The first Super Bowl game ever played in February was in 2002 when the time was moved back a week because of the terrorist attacks of September 11.
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