Editing Super Bowl XXIII (section)

==Entertainment==
The pregame festivities honored the Miami and South Florida areas, along with a tribute to [[NASA]].

Singer [[Billy Joel]] later sang the national anthem. He also sang the national anthem at [[Super Bowl XLI]], which coincidentally was held at the same venue. The [[coin flipping|coin toss]] ceremony featured former [[Miami Dolphins]] players [[Nick Buoniconti]], [[Bob Griese]], and [[Larry Little]].

This was the last outdoor Super Bowl to start earlier than 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, as it started just after 5 p.m.

===Halftime show===
{{See main|Super Bowl XXIII halftime show}}
The halftime show was titled "Be Bop Bamboozled in 3-D" and featured an [[Elvis impersonator]], played by then-''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]'' dancer Alex Cole, and hundreds of South Florida-area dancers and performers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/74902/oral-history-strangest-super-bowl-halftime-show-ever |title=Oral History: The Strangest Super Bowl Halftime Show Ever |last=Rossen |first=Jake |date= February 4, 2018|website=Mental Floss |access-date=February 6, 2020 }}</ref> Two portions of [[Elvis Presley]] songs were performed ("[[Blue Suede Shoes]]" and "[[Burning Love]]"), and the rest of the show instead featured songs from [[Musical theatre|musicals]] among other tunes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqGwMUsY64&pp=ygUec3VwZXIgYm93bCB4eGlpaSBoYWxmdGltZSBzaG93 | title=Super Bowl XXIII Halftime Show - Elvis Presto - January 22, 1989 | work=Youtube | date=February 16, 2023 | access-date=October 7, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Travis |date=February 2, 2018 |title=From Elvis Presto to Michael Jackson: How the Super Bowl halftime show found its groove |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/02/from-elvis-presto-to-michael-jackson-how-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-found-its-groove/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=January 30, 2020 }}</ref> Several scenes included computer generated 3-D images. Prior to the game, [[Coca-Cola]] distributed [[Stereoscopy|3-D glasses]] at retailers for viewers to use. At the onset of the halftime show, primary sponsor [[Diet Coke]] aired the first commercial in 3-D. [[Coca-Cola]] had originally planned to use the 3-D [[Diet Coke]] commercial as part of the ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' season finale, which was also aired in 3-D, but withdrew plans due to the [[1988 Writers Guild of America Strike]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}