Super Bowl XLII

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Super Bowl XLII
Super Bowl XLII logo
Visiting Team NFC Champion
Home Team AFC Champion
Date February 3, 2008
Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium
City Glendale, Arizona
TV in the United States
Network FOX
Announcers Joe Buck * and Troy Aikman *
Expected announcer, subject to change.*

Super Bowl XLII will be the 42nd Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) between the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC) champions. The tournament is scheduled to be played following the 2007 regular season on February 3, 2008 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. This will be the second time that the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area will host a Super Bowl game; Super Bowl XXX in January 1996 was played in Tempe's Sun Devil Stadium.

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[edit] Host selection process

The league contemplated the idea of holding Super Bowl XLII in either New York City or Washington, D.C. as a symbol of the recovery from the September 11, 2001 attacks.[1] However, New York City was not even considered as a finalist for the following two reasons:[2]

  1. The proposed renovations to Giants Stadium were still being disputed among its stadium representatives.
  2. At the time, New York City and the New York Jets still had not finalized a plan to build the new West Side Stadium (Ultimately, the deal fell through).

When NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XLII to Glendale during their October 30, 2003 meeting in Chicago, Illinois, they rejected Washington because they preferred a warmer climate.[3]

During a February 6, 2007 ceremony with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, the NFL and the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled the slogan "Who Wants It More?" along with its mascot "Spike the Super Ball" (an anthropomorphized football with sunglasses and sneakers) and a large "Super Bowl XLII Countdown Clock" at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.[4] The Super Bowl XLII logo was also unveiled, featuring the shape of the state of Arizona in red. The two horizontal white stripes in the middle represent the vertical lines on the University of Phoenix Stadium. The turquoise Roman Numerals represent the Native American culture of Arizona. The red star represents the AFC and the blue star represents the NFC. [4]

[edit] Television

The game will be televised on FOX, and will most likely be called by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Should Buck continue to host the NFL on FOX pregame show, he would become the first announcer to simultaneously be the pre-game show host and play by play announcer for one Super Bowl game. The other four that have done that (though not in the same game) are Al Michaels, Greg Gumbel, Jim Nantz and Dick Enberg.

[edit] Venue

This will be the second Super Bowl played in a retractable-roof stadium. During the regular season, the home team decides 90 minutes before kickoff if the roof would be open or closed, and an open roof must remain open unless weather conditions get worse. However, as a neutral site, the NFL controls the option to open or close without any restrictions. The first time this was employed in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium; the roof was open for pregame and halftime shows and closed during the game.[5]

[edit] Entertainment

According to the entertainment publication Variety, as of February 2007, the NFL is developing a wish list for the halftime performer(s). Bruce Springsteen and Norah Jones are reported as potential targets.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Loverro, Thom. "D.C.'s so unSuper in winter", Washington Times. Retrieved on 2005-09-10.
  2. ^ Pedulla, Tom. "N.Y./N.J. Super Bowl in 2008 may not come to pass", USA Today, 2003-09-22. Retrieved on 2005-09-10.
  3. ^ "Arizona awarded 2008 Super Bowl", NFL.com, 2003-10-30. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
  4. ^ a b Governor Napolitano and Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee Unveil Countdown Clock, Official Super Bowl Logo, Statewide Outreach Program, and Mascot. Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee (2007-02-06). Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
  5. ^ Associated Press (2004-01-22). Stadium roof could be open for Super Bowl. Superbowl.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
  6. ^ The Arizona Republic (2007-02-28). NFL not naming wish list for Super Bowl halftime. azcentral.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
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