Editing Super Bowl XIX (section)

===Host selection process===
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XIX to [[Stanford Stadium]] on the campus of [[Stanford University]] in [[Stanford, California]] on December 14, 1982, at the owners' mid-season meeting held in [[Dallas]]. Near [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], it was the first Super Bowl to be held in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. It became the fourth primarily collegiate stadium to host a Super Bowl, following [[Tulane Stadium]], then the home of the [[New Orleans Saints|Saints]] ([[Super Bowl IV|IV]], [[Super Bowl VI|VI]], and [[Super Bowl IX|IX]]), [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]] ([[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]]) and the [[Rose Bowl Stadium|Rose Bowl]] ([[Super Bowl XI|XI]], [[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]], and [[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]]; it later hosted [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]] and [[Super Bowl XXVII|XXVII]]). Owners had tentatively planned to award XIX during the owners' meetings in [[Detroit]] on June 3, 1981. [[Tampa]] ([[Tampa Stadium]]), Miami ([[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]]), [[New Orleans]] ([[Caesars Superdome|Superdome]]), [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] ([[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]), [[Detroit]] ([[Pontiac Silverdome|Silverdome]]), and [[Dallas]] ([[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]) each made presentations that day, with Detroit and Dallas expressedly bidding on only XIX. Tampa was selected for [[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]], but with no outstanding options, owners decided to postpone the awarding of XIX until their 1982 meeting.<ref name="TTT06-04-1981pg1a">{{cite news|title=Tampa's The City For '84 (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119456059/|first1=Tom|last1=McEwen|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 4, 1981|accessdate=February 22, 2023|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317135308/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119456059/the-tampa-tribune/|url-status=live}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="TTT06-04-1981pg8a">{{cite news|title=Tampa's The City For '84 (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119456179/|first1=Tom|last1=McEwen|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 4, 1981|accessdate=February 22, 2023|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317135256/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119456179/the-tampa-tribune/|url-status=live}}{{Open access}}</ref> 

The league eventually reopened the bidding process from scratch. Hosts for both XIX and [[Super Bowl XX|XX]] would be selected, and potentially [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]] as well. A total of ten cities put in bids: [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]] ([[Stanford Stadium]]), [[New Orleans]] ([[Caesars Superdome|Superdome]]), [[Miami]] ([[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]]), [[Houston]] ([[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]]), [[Seattle]] ([[Kingdome]]), [[Detroit]] ([[Pontiac Silverdome|Silverdome]]), [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] ([[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]), [[Tampa]] ([[Tampa Stadium]]), [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] ([[Angel Stadium|Anaheim Stadium]]), and [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] ([[Gator Bowl Stadium|Gator Bowl]]). Stanford Stadium was picked, despite having no lights at the time, no dressing rooms, and a substandard press box. Stadium officials promised much needed renovations, and the league agreed to provide temporary lighting.<ref name="TMN12-15-1982pg240">{{cite news|title=OB not Super enough for NFL (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119460993/|newspaper=The Miami News|page=24|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=December 15, 1982|accessdate=February 22, 2023|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317135310/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119460993/the-miami-news/|url-status=live}}{{Open access}}</ref> Representatives from New Orleans stressed that if they were not selected for XX, due to scheduling conflicts, they would not be able to host again until 1990. As such, the Superdome was subsequently selected for XX. Rice Stadium was speculated for XXI, but ultimately no decision was made for that game. Yet again, Miami was rejected, due to the aging condition of the [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]]. A proposed sales tax levy to pay for a new stadium had failed at the ballot box on November 2, further sinking any chances for [[South Florida]].<ref name="TMH12-15-1982pg100">{{cite news|title=OB not Super enough for NFL (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119460866/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Susan|last1=Sachs|page=100|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=December 15, 1982|accessdate=February 22, 2023|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317135309/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119460866/the-miami-herald/|url-status=live}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="TMH12-15-1982pg106">{{cite news|title=OB not Super enough for NFL (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119460935/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Susan|last1=Sachs|page=106|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=December 15, 1982|accessdate=February 22, 2023|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317135300/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119460935/the-miami-herald/|url-status=live}}{{Open access}}</ref>