Editing Super Bowl VII (section)

===Host selection process===
The NFL awarded Super Bowl VII to Los Angeles on March 21, 1972, at the owners' meetings held in [[Honolulu]]. For the first time, multiple Super Bowl sites were selected at a single meeting, as hosts for both VII and [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]] were named. Five cities, [[Los Angeles]], [[Houston]], [[Miami]], [[Dallas]], and [[New Orleans]], prepared serious bids, while [[San Francisco]] ([[Stanford Stadium]]) withdrew from the running a week prior to the vote. After nine deadlocked votes, [[Bud Adams]] recommended awarding two consecutive sites. This compromise mirrored an idea brought up in 1971 by representatives from Miami.<ref name="MN03-24-71pg33a">{{cite news|title=Miami wants change in Super selection (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116308122/|first1=Al|last1=Levine|newspaper=The Miami News|page=33|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 24, 1971|accessdate=January 12, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="MN03-24-71pg37a">{{cite news|title=Miami wants change in Super selection (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116308189/|first1=Al|last1=Levine|newspaper=The Miami News|page=37|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 24, 1971|accessdate=January 12, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> Los Angeles won on the ninth ballot, while second place Houston was named the host for [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]]. In order to accommodate the game, the [[Pro Bowl]] was shifted from [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] to [[Texas Stadium]] for 1973.<ref name="MH03-22-1972pg77">{{cite news|title='73 Super Bowl Goes to L.A., '74 to Houston|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117087930/|first1=Bill|last1=Braucher|newspaper=The Miami Herald|page=77|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 22, 1972|accessdate=January 23, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="OES03-22-1972pg73">{{cite news|title=NFL Owners Pick Pair of Super Bowl Sites|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117087808/|newspaper=The Orlando Evening Star|page=73|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 22, 1972|accessdate=January 23, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref>