| Visiting Team | NFC Champions |
| Home Team | AFC Champions |
| 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 game 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.
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]
- The proposed renovations to Giants Stadium were still being disputed among its stadium representatives.
- 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 whit stripes in the middle represent the vertical lines on the University of Phoenix Stadium. The turquise Roman Numerals represent the Native American culture of Arizona. The red star represents the AFC and the blue star represents the NFC. [4]
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 simultaniously be the pre-game show host and play by play announcer for one Super Bowl game. The other three that have done that (though not in the same game) are Al Michaels, Jim Nantz and Dick Enberg.
References
- ^ Loverro, Thom. "D.C.'s so unSuper in winter". Washington Times. Retrieved 2005-09-10.
- ^ Pedulla, Tom (2003-09-22). "N.Y./N.J. Super Bowl in 2008 may not come to pass". USA Today. Retrieved 2005-09-10.
- ^ "Arizona awarded 2008 Super Bowl". NFL.com. 2003-10-30. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
{{cite news}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ 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 2007-02-07.
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