Editing Super Bowl XV (section)

===Host selection process===
The NFL awarded Super Bowl XV to [[New Orleans]] on March 13, 1979, at the owners' meetings in [[Honolulu]]. For the first time, three Super Bowl host cities were deliberated and selected at the same meeting (XV, [[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]], and [[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]]). A total of eight cities submitted bids: New Orleans, [[Detroit]] ([[Pontiac Silverdome|Silverdome]]), [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] ([[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]), [[Los Angeles]] ([[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Coliseum]]), [[Miami]], [[Seattle]] ([[Kingdome]]), [[Dallas]] ([[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]), and [[Houston]] ([[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]]). New Orleans was selected for their fifth Super Bowl overall, and second at the [[Caesars Superdome|Louisiana Superdome]], cementing their status in the regular host rotation. Detroit (XVI) and Pasadena (XVII) were other cities chosen at the meeting.<ref name="SPT03-14-1979pg29">{{cite news|title=Super Bowl sun warms Snow Belt (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118641092/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Ron|last1=Martz|page=29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1979|accessdate=February 14, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="SPT03-14-1979pg36">{{cite news|title=Super Bowl sun warms Snow Belt (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118641201/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Ron|last1=Martz|page=36|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1979|accessdate=February 14, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref>

After hosting five previous Super Bowls, [[Miami metropolitan area|Miami]] was noticeably left out, largely due the aging condition of the [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], and for a hotel room mix-up at [[Super Bowl XIII]] two years earlier.<ref name="DFP03-14-1979pg53">{{cite news|title=Michigan's Super Bowl army reached out a winner (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118686572/|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|first1=Vito|last1=Stellino|page=53|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1979|accessdate=February 15, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="DFP03-14-1979pg60">{{cite news|title=Michigan's Super Bowl army reached out a winner (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118686686/|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|first1=Vito|last1=Stellino|page=60|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1979|accessdate=February 15, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> [[Miami Dolphins|Dolphins]] owner [[Joe Robbie]], locked in an ongoing feud with the city of Miami and [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County]] over stadium improvements or construction of a new stadium, actually lobbied against Miami hosting the game. Robbie convinced the other owners to vote down Miami, in an effort to gain leverage towards building a new stadium. [[South Florida]] would not be selected to host another Super Bowl until [[Hard Rock Stadium|Joe Robbie Stadium]] was built, and it hosted [[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]].<ref name="FLDN03-14-1979pg23a">{{cite news|title=Joe's Message To South Florida: No New Stadium, No Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118639386/|newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News|first1=Bernie|last1=Lincicome|page=23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1979|accessdate=February 14, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="FLDN03-14-1979pg23b">{{cite news|title=Robbie's 'No' Vote Keeps Super Bowl From Miami|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118639297/|newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News|page=23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1979|accessdate=February 14, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref>