- Super Bowl XLVI
infobox | above = Super Bowl XLVI
label1 = Away Team
data1 = NFC Champion
label2 = Home Team
data2 = AFC Champion
label3 = Date
data3 =February 5 ,2012 cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessionid=B30F07006C09A9220AC1888AE9CF1531?id=09000d5d80869c8b&template=with-video&confirm=true | title=Indianapolis awarded 2012 Super Bowl | publisher=NFL.com | date=2008-05-20 | accessdate=2008-05-20]
label4 = Stadium
data4 =Lucas Oil Stadium
label5 = City
data5 =Indianapolis, Indiana
headerstyle = background:#efefef;
header6 = TV in the United States
label7 = Network
data7 = NBC
label8 = Announcers
data8 = "To be announced"Super Bowl XLVI will be the 46th annual edition of the
Super Bowl inAmerican football , and the 42nd annual championship game of the modern-eraNational Football League (NFL). The game is scheduled to be played onFebruary 5 ,2012 atLucas Oil Stadium inIndianapolis, Indiana .cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessionid=B30F07006C09A9220AC1888AE9CF1531?id=09000d5d80869c8b&template=with-video&confirm=true | title=Indianapolis awarded 2012 Super Bowl | publisher=NFL.com | date=2008-05-20 | accessdate=2008-05-20] This will be the first time that the Super Bowl will be played inIndiana , the state best known for hosting theIndianapolis 500 , and the city that serves as the home of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) headquarters.In the
United States , the game will be televised nationally by NBC.Host selection process
Three cities presented bids for the game:
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January 31 ,2008 , the GreaterHouston, Texas Convention and Visitors Bureau announced their plans to host the game atReliant Stadium , and holding events at the surroundingReliant Park , hoping that their city would host the championship game for the third time.cite web | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/01/28/daily33.html | title=Houston to bid for Super Bowl XLVI | publisher=Houston Business Journal | date=2008-01-31 | accessdate=2008-04-03]*On
February 19 ,2008 , the City of Indianapolis, led by Colts ownerJim Irsay and Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard, officially announced details about their intentions to bid for Super Bowl XLVI.cite web | url = http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/LOCAL/80219052 | title = Ballard says it's a go: Indy will seek 2012 Super Bowl | publisher = Indianapolis Star | date = 2008-02-18 | accessdate = 2008-02-18] cite web | url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/LOCAL18/804010358/1304/frontpagecities | title=Draft bid due for 2012 Super Bowl | publisher=Indianapolis Star | date=2008-04-01 | accessdate=2008-04-01] Part of the agreement included a proposal to build a practice facility on the campus ofArsenal Technical High School that would be used for the school's use after the Super Bowl.*On
March 6 ,2008 , one month after hostingSuper Bowl XLII at theUniversity of Phoenix Stadium inGlendale, Arizona , the second Super Bowl held in thePhoenix metropolitan area , the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee led by Committee chair Mike Kennedy formally announced their intentions to bid for another one.cite web | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/03/03/daily62.html | title=Arizona will bid to host 2012 Super Bowl | publisher=Phoenix Business Journal | date=2008-03-07 | accessdate=2008-04-03]NFL franchise owners selected the Indianapolis bid at their meeting on
May 20 2008 .cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessionid=B30F07006C09A9220AC1888AE9CF1531?id=09000d5d80869c8b&template=with-video&confirm=true | title=Indianapolis awarded 2012 Super Bowl | publisher=NFL.com | date=2008-05-20 | accessdate=2008-05-20]References
External links
* [http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/futuresites Future Super Bowl sites]
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