Editing Super Bowl XXII (section)

===Host selection process===
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXII to San Diego on May 24, 1984, during their May 23–25, 1984 meetings in Washington, D.C. This was the first of three Super Bowls played at Jack Murphy Stadium (the others being [[Super Bowl XXXII|XXXII]] and [[Super Bowl XXXVII|XXXVII]], both of which occurred after it was renamed Qualcomm Stadium).

Fourteen cities were part of the bidding process, which was scheduled to award four Super Bowls ([[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]], XXII, [[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]], and [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]]).<ref name="NYT 5-24-84">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/24/sports/nfl-approves-sale-of-broncos.html|title=N.F.L. Approves Sale of Broncos|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 24, 1984|access-date=January 11, 2010}}</ref> The bidding cities included: [[Angel Stadium|Anaheim]], [[Pontiac Silverdome|Detroit]], [[Astrodome|Houston]], [[Gator Bowl Stadium|Jacksonville]], [[Hard Rock Stadium|Miami]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Minneapolis]], [[Caesars Superdome|New Orleans]], [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Pasadena]], [[Veterans Stadium|Philadelphia]], [[Candlestick Park|San Francisco]], [[Qualcomm Stadium|San Diego]], [[Kingdome|Seattle]], [[Tampa Stadium|Tampa]], and Phoenix/[[Sun Devil Stadium|Tempe]].<ref name="NYT 5-24-84"/> The Philadelphia host committee assembled what was considered a strong, but long-shot bid, hoping to win the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold weather city.<ref name="USA Today 1-26-96">{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16388470.html?dids=16388470:16388470&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+26%2C+1996&author=Gordon+Forbes&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Best+lobbyists+have+best+chance+%2F%2F+Winning+presentation+doesn%27t+guarantee+winning+game&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619073956/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16388470.html?dids=16388470:16388470&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+26%2C+1996&author=Gordon+Forbes&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Best+lobbyists+have+best+chance+%2F%2F+Winning+presentation+doesn%27t+guarantee+winning+game&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|title=Best lobbyists have best chance // Winning presentation doesn't guarantee winning game|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=January 26, 1996|access-date=January 11, 2010|first=Gordon|last=Forbes}}</ref> Tempe and Jacksonville had no NFL team at the time; the [[Arizona Cardinals|Cardinals]] moved from St. Louis to Tempe in 1988, and the [[Jacksonville Jaguars|Jaguars]] were awarded as an [[expansion team]] in 1993, starting play in [[1995 NFL season|1995]].

The balloting for XXI took over two hours to complete.<ref name="USA Today 1-26-96"/> XXII was also voted on, but the voting for XXIII and XXIV was postponed. San Diego was awarded XXII, marking the second time that consecutive Super Bowls were played in the same state, with Pasadena selected for [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]]. This has now happened three times in NFL history; Super Bowls II and III were both played at the [[Miami Orange Bowl]] and Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV were played in Florida (at [[Raymond James Stadium]] in Tampa and [[Hard Rock Stadium]] in Miami Gardens) and then repeated eleven years later with the roles reversed with Miami receiving [[Super Bowl LIV]] and Tampa receiving [[Super Bowl LV]].