Editing Super Bowl XXXIV (section)

===Host selection process===
NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XXXIV to Atlanta during their October 31, 1996, meeting in New Orleans. A total of five cities submitted bids: [[Miami]] ([[Hard Rock Stadium|Joe Robbie Stadium]]), [[Atlanta]] ([[Georgia Dome]]), [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] ([[Raymond James Stadium]]), [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]/[[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]] ([[Sun Devil Stadium]]), and [[Los Angeles]] ([[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Coliseum]]). The Los Angeles host committee originally was going to partner with [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] ([[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]),<ref name="KennJ09-01-1996pg25">{{cite news|title=Los Angeles puts in bid to host Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kennebec-journal/152268938/|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|first=Patrick|last=McGreevy|page=25|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=September 1, 1996|access-date=July 29, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> but switched their plans to the Coliseum after a renovation plan was announced.<ref name="LAT10-13-1996pg373">{{cite news|title=L.A. Coliseum Design Reflect a Marriage of Old and New|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/152269149/|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Jodi|last=Wilgoren|page=373|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=October 13, 1996|access-date=July 29, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="LAT10-30-1996pg102">{{cite news|title=L.A. Will Make a Play for Football|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/152269314/|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=T.J.|last=Simers|page=102|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=October 13, 1996|access-date=July 29, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> However, the Los Angeles bid was dismissed when their delegation failed to convince the owners that planned stadium renovations would be completed in time.<ref name="OS11011996b"/>

Owners initially planned on selecting only two hosts (XXXIII and XXXIV), but decided to name three after strong showings by the respective delegations. Miami, Atlanta, and Tampa were selected to host [[Super Bowl XXIII|XXXIII]], XXXIV, and [[Super Bowl XXXV|XXXV]], respectively.<ref name="OS11011996a">{{cite news|title=Florida's Super Bowls: Miami '99, Tampa '01 (part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8409532//|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|page=27|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=November 1, 1996|access-date=January 17, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="OS11011996b">{{cite news|title=Florida's Super Bowls: Miami '99, Tampa '01 (part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8409537//|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|page=31|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=November 1, 1996|access-date=January 17, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref> This was the second time that Atlanta hosted the game, the first being [[Super Bowl XXVIII|XXVIII]]. Atlanta garnered a sympathy vote as [[Atlanta Falcons|Falcons]] owner [[Rankin M. Smith Sr.|Rankin Smith]] was terminally ill.<ref name="ttrib07-09-2000pg41">{{cite news|title=Signed, sealed, and delivered|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/163185405/|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|first=Carter|last=Gaddis|page=41|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=July 9, 2000|access-date=January 27, 2025}}{{Open access}}</ref> Due to logistical conflicts, Atlanta would not be able to host the Super Bowl again until 2005, and some NFL owners desired to award the game to the city before Smith died (which occurred nearly a year later in October 1997). [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] owner [[Malcolm Glazer]] protested afterwards, feeling that he had been promised the game after securing funding for a [[Raymond James Stadium|new stadium]].<ref name="ttrib07-09-2000pg41"/> As a result, [[Super Bowl XXXV|XXXV]] was added to agenda, and Tampa was selected for that game.