The N.F.L. will play the 2015 Super Bowl–Super Bowl 49–in Glendale, Ariz., a vote of owners Tuesday decided.
The last time the game was played at University of Phoenix Stadium, following the 2007 season, the New York Giants stunned the then-undefeated New England Patriots. Arizona prevailed over Tampa, which has hosted four Super Bowls, the most recent after the 2008 season, when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals.
The next four Super Bowl cities are set: Indianapolis following this season, New Orleans after the 2012 season, MetLife Stadium after the 2013 season and Glendale after 2014. The intrigue now turns to which cities will bid for the next Super Bowl–the 50th anniversary game–which will hold special resonance for the N.F.L.
It has been widely speculated that the N.F.L. would like to have the game in Los Angeles, which hosted the first Super Bowl in 1966.
No team currently plays in Los Angeles, although two groups are vying to build a new stadium, with the hopes that at least one team would relocate there. Los Angeles has not had a team since the Raiders and Rams both left after the 1994 season. The Super Bowl hasn’t been played in the Los Angeles area since the game following the 1992 season, which was played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
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