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DateFebruary 2, 2014
StadiumMetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
RefereeTerry McAulay
Ceremonies
Halftime showBruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
TV in the United States
NetworkFox
AnnouncersJoe Buck (play-by-play)
Troy Aikman (analyst)
Mike Pereira (rules analyst)
Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews (sideline reporters)
Cost of 30-second commercial$4 Million[1]

Super Bowl XLVIII is an upcoming American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion and National Football Conference (NFC) champion (the San Francisco 49ers or the Seattle Seahawks) to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2013 season. It is scheduled to be held on February 2, 2014, at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with kickoff scheduled for 6:25pm EST (UTC−05:00). This will be the first Super Bowl to be played outdoors in a cold weather environment, the first played on February 2nd,[2] the first in 38 years to be played outdoors on an artificial turf (in this case FieldTurf) since Super Bowl X in Miami in 1976, and the first in which two US states (New York and New Jersey) will share hosting duties.[3]

Host selection process

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey was selected to host Super Bowl XLVIII.

Three stadiums were part of the bidding to host the game:

  1. MetLife Stadium—East Rutherford, New Jersey[4]
  2. Raymond James Stadium—Tampa, Florida[5]
  3. Sun Life Stadium—Miami Gardens, Florida[6][7]

Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls (XVIII, XXV, XXXV, XLIII). South Florida / Miami has hosted ten Super Bowls (II, III, V, X, XIII, XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI, and XLIV).

South Florida/Miami was eliminated in the second round of voting. New Jersey beat Tampa in the fourth round of voting, after receiving a simple majority.

Super Bowl XLVIII will be the first Super Bowl held at an open-air stadium in a "cold-weather" city; previous Super Bowls in cold-weather cities were held at indoor stadiums. The coldest outdoor Super Bowl of the first 47 games was Super Bowl VI, held at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on January 16, 1972, with a kickoff temperature of 39 °F (4 °C).[8] However, New Orleans usually has a humid subtropical climate, with January morning lows averaging around 46 °F (8 °C) and daily highs around 63 °F (17 °C);[9] also, all New Orleans Super Bowls since XII have been played at the indoor Superdome. Since Super Bowl X in 1976, all but one outdoor Super Bowl has been played in either California or Florida, the exception being Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Arizona. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has indicated that if Super Bowl XLVIII is successful, additional "cold-weather" Super Bowls will be considered.[2][10]

Super Bowl XLVIII will be the first NFL championship game to be held in the New York metropolitan area since December 30, 1962, when the Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants in the original Yankee Stadium, 16–7. Since then, two other major pro football leagues have held title games in the area:

New York City was scheduled to host Super Bowl XLIV upon the completion of the proposed West Side Stadium. When the stadium proposal was rejected, Sun Life Stadium was selected to host the game instead.

MetLife Stadium will be the first Super Bowl venue which is simultaneously home to two NFL teams, the New York Giants and the New York Jets, and thus will be the first championship game to have two host teams. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (which hosted Super Bowls I and VII) was the home of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Raiders, but not at the same time.

Winter outlook and contingency plans

The choice of holding the Super Bowl outdoors in a cold weather environment has generated some controversy. First released in August 2013, the "Winter Outlook" section in the 2014 Farmers' Almanac predicts that a winter storm will hit just about the time Super Bowl XLVIII kicks off.[11][12] This generated the attention of several media, including ESPN's Rick Reilly in a piece that aired on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown on October 21, 2013.[13] In a radio interview broadcast on WFAN, Fox studio analyst Terry Bradshaw stated that he opposes the idea of a cold Super Bowl, stating "I don't want it to be bad ... What if we get two passing teams?"[14] In a piece published on Sports Illustrated's "Monday Morning Quarterback" site, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman also opposes holding the game at MetLife Stadium, stating that "it's the league's responsibility to show its audience the best possible product, and this can't happen in the snow".[15]

The NFL announced on December 18, 2013, that in the event of a forecast of heavy snow, the game would be rescheduled for the Saturday before, or for the Monday or Tuesday after.[16]

Halftime show

On September 8, 2013, the league announced that Bruno Mars will perform at halftime.[17] On January 10, 2014, it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers would be joining Mars as halftime show performers.[18][19]

As the first Super Bowl held at an open stadium in a city with cold weather, planners initially indicated there would not be a halftime show at all due to the weather.[20] One such logistical problem that could arise is trying to assemble and disassemble the halftime show stage during a cold blizzard.[21] But the league still plans to hold an in-stadium Super Bowl halftime show.[22] According to Mike Florio of Profootballtalk.com, the NFL still wants to avoid a repeat of what happened during Super Bowl XXVI in January 1992 when Fox counter-programmed a special live episode of In Living Color.[23] Fox had not yet become a TV partner with the NFL and saw an opportunity to pull young audiences away from a halftime show that lacked big-named performers.[24] As a result of Fox's ratings success, the league tapped Michael Jackson to perform during the following season's Super Bowl XXVII, and since then the league has continued to book big-name talent to hold the TV audience.[23][24]

Broadcasting

Super Bowl XLVIII is scheduled to be aired by Fox in the United States.[25][26][27] Episodes of New Girl[28] and Brooklyn Nine-Nine are scheduled to be the lead-out programs.[29]

Advertising

Fox has set the ad rate for a 30-second advertisement at US$4 million, matching the price set by CBS for the previous year's Super Bowl XLVII. Fox began selling advertising for the game in May 2013.[1]

International broadcasters

Country/Territory Rights holder(s)
 Australia One HD
 Austria Puls 4[30]
 Brazil ESPN Brasil, Esporte Interativo
 Canada CTV will simulcast Fox's coverage
 Colombia ESPN, FOX Sports
 Denmark TV3 +
 Finland Nelonen Pro 1 with Finnish commentary and Nelonen Pro 2 with English commentary.[31]
 France W9,[32] BeIN Sport[33]
 Germany SAT.1
 Hong Kong Now TV
 Iceland Stöð 2 Sport
 Iraq OSN Sports
 Ireland and  UK Channel 4, Sky Sports and Absolute Radio
 Italy Fox Sports 2 HD, Italia 2
 Mexico ESPN, FOX Sports, Televisa, TV Azteca
 New Zealand Sky Television, Sommet Sports
 Norway Viasat 4,[34] Viasat Sport[35]
 Philippines TV5, AksyonTV
 Portugal SIC and Sport TV
 Russia NTV+
 Sweden TV10[36]
  Switzerland RTS Deux

Controversy regarding emergency services

In February 2013, controversy arose with mayors of five local municipalities saying they would not provide emergency services, stating they have been poorly compensated for past stadium events.[37][38] One of the mayors, William J. Roseman of Carlstadt, New Jersey, stated, "The teams don’t care about budget caps and what the impacts are on the taxpayers of Carlstadt. I had to cut back my police department budget by a total of a million dollars over the last several years. While we are forced to lay off police officers, the owners of the Jets and Giants are filling their pockets at taxpayers’ expense."[39]

Officials

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