Editing Super Bowl XXX (section)

===Host selection process===
[[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]], the home of the [[Arizona Cardinals|Phoenix Cardinals]] and the [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State Sun Devils]] was originally chosen as the venue for [[Super Bowl XXVII]] on March 13, 1990.<ref name="AR03-14-1990pg1">{{cite news|title=Valley wins Super Bowl (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/141005168/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first1=Betty|last1=Beard|first2=Jean|last2=Novotny|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1990|accessdate=February 15, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="AR03-14-1990pg5">{{cite news|title=Valley wins Super Bowl (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-arizon-state-1990/93907248/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first1=Betty|last1=Beard|first2=Jean|last2=Novotny|page=5|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1990|accessdate=February 15, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> However, the NFL pulled that game from Arizona in the midst of a large entertainment and convention boycott<ref name="AR01-22-1987pg3">{{cite news|title=Convention of blacks quits state (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/141010498/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Randy|last=Collier|page=3|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1990|accessdate=February 15, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="AR01-22-1987pg4">{{cite news|title=Convention of blacks quits state (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/141010784/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Randy|last=Collier|page=4|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 14, 1990|accessdate=February 15, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> to protest the state's refusal to adopt the [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] holiday.<ref name="ar03-20-1991pg1">{{cite news|title=NFL pulls Super Bowl (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/140956525/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Steve|last=Schoenfield|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 20, 1991|accessdate=February 14, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="ar03-20-1991pg2">{{cite news|title=NFL pulls Super Bowl (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/140956588/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Steve|last=Schoenfield|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 20, 1991|accessdate=February 14, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> As a compromise, however, the NFL owners reserved Super Bowl XXX for Tempe on a "preliminary" and "conditional" basis.<ref name="ar03-21-1991pg1">{{cite news|title='96 Bowl link to King Day is denied (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/140956928/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Steve|last=Schoenfield|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 21, 1991|accessdate=February 14, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="ar03-21-1991pg2">{{cite news|title='96 Bowl link to King Day is denied (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/140957011/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Steve|last=Schoenfield|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 21, 1991|accessdate=February 14, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="ar03-21-1991pg2a">{{cite news|title=Behind NFL's closed doors, compromise|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/140957251/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Steve|last=Schoenfield|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 21, 1991|accessdate=February 14, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> Arizona voters approved the MLK Day holiday in November 1992. The NFL responded by formally assigning Super Bowl XXX to Tempe at their March 1993 meeting in [[Palm Desert, California]].<ref name="ar03-23-1993pg1">{{cite news|title=Super Bowl for Valley-NFL makes it official for '96|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/140957567/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|first=Steve|last=Schoenfield|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 23, 1993|accessdate=February 14, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> No others cities put in a bid or were considered for the hosting duties.

Super Bowl XXX was the last to be hosted in a stadium containing [[bleacher]] seats, and would also be the last Super Bowl to be held on a college campus, as the stadium sits on the campus of [[Arizona State University]].<ref name="name"/>