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1997

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Date Track Location Winner
June 30 Baja California Ensenada, Mexico Jimmy Santos
June 1 Suntana Raceway Springville, Utah
August 10 Hawkeye Downs Speedway Cedar Rapids, Iowa Greg Gordon
August 16 Race City Speedway Calgary, Alberta, Canada Bill Tempero
September Tri-City Raceway West Richland, Washington Greg Gordon

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XXXVII

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NFL owners originally voted to award Super Bowl XXXVII to San Francisco during their October 15, 1997 meeting in Washington, D.C.[1] The 49ers had recently announced plans for a new stadium, and were awarded the Super Bowl contingent upon its completion. This was the second time the city had been awarded the Super Bowl on a conditional basis. In 1994, Super Bowl XXXIII was awarded to Candlestick Park, based on a comprehensive stadium renovation plan.[2][3] However, when funding for those renovation plans fell through, the hosting duties were withdrawn. This time around, the San Francisco hosting committee had planned to pursue XXXVI, but due to logistical complications, switched their proposal to XXXVII. The owners awarded the game to San Francisco, and no other cities were considered. They skipped the awarding of XXXVI, and scheduled the bidding for that game for the spring of 1998.[4]

The plans for the new stadium and mall at Candlestick Point never materialized. Rumors quickly began to spread that the league would pull the game from San Francisco if no progress was made on stadium funding/construction.[5][6] The Raiders once again stepped in, offering to move the game over to Oakland.[7] Oakland mayor Jerry Brown stepped in to support the effort, but it was rejected by league officials.[8][9]. On March 17, 1999, the league passed a resolution officially withdrawing the game from San Francisco.[10]

The NFL immediately reopened the bidding for the game. San Diego (Qualcomm Stadium), which had lost out on XXXVI,[11] announced its interest. Miami (Pro Player Stadium) was the only other city in consideration after Oakland dropped their plans once and for all.[12] San Diego went in as an early favorite. They had just received "rave reviews" for XXXII, and there was a desire to keep the game on the west coast.[5][6] San Diego was awarded the game during the May 26, 1999, owners meeting at Atlanta,[13] needing only one round of balloting.[14][15] It was the last Super Bowl played in California until Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. It was also the final Super Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium before the Chargers relocated to Los Angeles in 2017.


Host selection process xxxvi

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NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXXVI to New Orleans during their October 28, 1998 meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Two cities made presentations, the other being San Diego (Qualcomm Stadium).[16] With only two choices, the league set up a two-round voting system. A city would win if they received 3⁄4 of the vote during the first round. If neither city won during the first round, the second round would revert to a simple majority. New Orleans won on the second ballot on what was described as "close vote".[17] This was the ninth time that New Orleans hosted the game, and fifth time it would be played in the Superdome.

After the vote, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue made an unexpected and largely unprecedented announcement that San Diego was the favorite to host the next available Super Bowl.[18][18] With San Francisco tentatively scheduled to host XXXVII, San Diego was thought likely to host XXXVIII in 2004. However, the league took XXXVII away from San Francisco after plans for a new stadium fell through.[10] and the 2003 game ultimately went to San Diego.[13]



However, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks led the league to postpone its September 16 games and play them a week after the scheduled conclusion of the regular season. This caused the playoffs and Super Bowl to be delayed by one week. Rescheduling Super Bowl XXXVI from January 27 to February 3 proved extraordinarily difficult. In addition to rescheduling the game itself, all related events and activities had to be accommodated. This marked the first time in NFL history that the Super Bowl was played in February; all subsequent Super Bowls (excluding XXXVII in 2003) have been played in February. In turn, this and the games from XXXVIII (2004) to LV (2021) were to now be played on the first Sunday in February. The NFL expanded its season from 16 to 17 regular season games, and LVI (2022) became the first to be played on the second Sunday of the month.



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Drivers who would have joined the club from 1970-2017 (110 total)

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  1. ^ Legwold, Jeff (October 16, 1997). "Houston needs news stadium to satisfy NFL". The Tennessean. p. 28. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ Schumacher, John (November 3, 1994). "'Stick gets 1999 Super Bowl (Part 1)". The Sacramento Bee. p. 14. Retrieved July 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ Schumacher, John (November 3, 1994). "'Stick gets 1999 Super Bowl (Part 2)". The Sacramento Bee. p. 21. Retrieved July 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ Lewis, Gregory; Crumpacker, John; Brazil, Eric (October 16, 1997). "2003 looking Super for S.F. tourism". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 18. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ a b Paris, Jay (January 30, 1999). "SD could score 2003 Super Bowl is San Francisco fumbles (Part 1)". North County Times. p. 1. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ a b Paris, Jay (January 30, 1999). "SD could score 2003 Super Bowl is San Francisco fumbles (Part 2)". North County Times. p. 9. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^ "Raiders are ready to step in". The Sacramento Bee. April 2, 1998. p. 34. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ^ Lynch, Kevin (March 16, 1999). "NFL ready to ax S.F. Super Bowl (Part 1)". Oakland Tribune. p. 27. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  9. ^ Lynch, Kevin (March 16, 1999). "NFL ready to ax S.F. Super Bowl (Part 2)". Oakland Tribune. p. 30. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ a b "NFL makes it official: S.F. loses Super Bowl". The Sacramento Bee. March 18, 1999. p. 29. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  11. ^ "New Orleans to host 2002 Super Bowl". Daily News. October 29, 1998. p. 8. Retrieved January 24, 2017 – via Google News.Open access icon
  12. ^ Jenkins, Jim (May 9, 1999). "Bowl by the Bay? No way". The Sacramento Bee. p. 35. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  13. ^ a b "NFL – Owners Meeting". The Orlando Sentinel. May 27, 1999. p. 38. Retrieved January 24, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  14. ^ Paris, Jay (May 27, 1999). "Super Bowl will return to San Diego (Part 1)". North County Times. p. 1. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  15. ^ Paris, Jay (May 27, 1999). "Super Bowl will return to San Diego (Part 2)". North County Times. p. 9. Retrieved July 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  16. ^ "N.O. is awarded 2002 Super Bowl". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 29, 1998. p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  17. ^ Foster, Mary (October 29, 1998). "New Orleans to host 2002 Super Bowl". The Hattiesburg American. p. 31. Retrieved August 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  18. ^ a b Burgess, Zach (October 29, 1998). "San Diego gets Super snub (Part 1)". North County Times. p. 25. Retrieved August 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon Cite error: The named reference "nctimes10-29-1998pg25" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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