SUPER DOOPER BOWL :: the Early Years

February 7, 2010: "Even though the Los Angeles area currently lacks a NFL franchise, the league is considering holding Super Bowl L there, to mark the 50th Super Bowl, commemorating Super Bowl I which was held at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .... If Los Angeles were to host the game, it could be held at the Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, or a new stadium such as the proposed Los Angeles Stadium in the City of Industry."

The Super Bowl has been the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the premier association of professional American football.... In most years, the Super Bowl is the most-watched American television broadcast. Many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is now considered a de facto American national holiday, called Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day.[wkpda]

The first Super Bowl was simultaneously broadcast by CBS and NBC, with each network using the same video feed but providing its own commentary teams for the audio portion. Super Bowls I–VI were blacked out in the television markets of the host cities, due to league restrictions then in place.

Twenty-five out of forty-two Super Bowls have been played in one of three locations: New Orleans, Louisiana (nine times), the Greater Miami area (nine times), and the Greater Los Angeles area (seven times). These three "big" hosts are then followed by Tampa, Florida and San Diego, California: San Diego has hosted three games, and Tampa has hosted four.

Home team designation
The designated "home team" alternates between the AFC team in even-numbered games (the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010), and the NFC team in odd-numbered games (the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII in February 2009). This alternation was initiated with the first Super Bowl, when the Green Bay Packers of the NFL were the designated home team.

Future Super Bowl host stadiums:
2011 - Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
2012 - Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
2013 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
The city of New Orleans submitted a bid to host Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 at the Louisiana Superdome... and was selected by NFL owners on May 19, 2009. It will be the first Super Bowl hosted in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina damaged the stadium.

London, England has occasionally been mentioned as a host city for a Super Bowl in the near future, perhaps as early as 2014. The most likely venue would be Wembley Stadium, which has hosted several NFL games in the past. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has openly discussed the possibility a few times..."

MooPig Art and Entertainment Department asks: "In London 2014, who would most likely be the Half-time Entertainer?"