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NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXXII to San Diego during their October 26, 1993, meeting in Chicago. The bidding process was scheduled to award two Super Bowl sites (XXXI and XXXII), the first time that multiple hosts were selected at the same meeting since XXIII and XXIV were voted on in 1985. This was the second time that San Diego hosted the game; the city previously hosted XXII ten years earlier. The Broncos played in both XXII and XXXII, the first franchise to play two different Super Bowls in the same stadium twice; they had already played twice at the Superdome (XII and XXIV).

Four cities entered the bidding for the two games: New Orleans (Superdome), San Diego (Jack Murphy Stadium), Los Angeles/Pasadena (Rose Bowl), and Tampa (Tampa Stadium). The New Orleans representatives bid only on XXXI, Los Angeles only bid on XXXII, while San Diego and Tampa made themselves available for both games. Rules required a candidate to receive a 34 vote (21 of 28 owners) in order to win the bidding. If no winner received the necessary votes after three rounds, the fourth round would revert to a simple majority.[1][2]

New Orleans was selected for XXXI, at which time the voting for XXXII commenced. Tampa was eliminated during the first ballot, leaving San Diego and Los Angeles as the two finalists for XXXII. The prospects for Los Angeles suffered after Raiders owner Al Davis left the meeting before the presentation. San Diego representatives, meanwhile promised to add 12,000 temporary seats to Jack Murphy Stadium to counter the Rose Bowl's capacity advantage of nearly 100,000 seats. In addition, since San Diego had not hosted the Super Bowl in a decade, and Pasadena had just hosted one nine months earlier, owners tipped their way. After two deadlocked rounds, San Diego won by simple majority on the fourth vote.[3][4]



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  1. ^ Frisaro, Joe (October 27, 1993). "Tampa Bay faces long odds in securing 3rd Super Bowl (Part 1)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 112. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. 
  2. ^ Frisaro, Joe (October 27, 1993). "Tampa Bay faces long odds in securing 3rd Super Bowl (Part 2)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 114. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. 
  3. ^ Frisaro, Joe (October 28, 1993). "Tampa Bay loses Super Bowl bid (Part 1)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 24. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. 
  4. ^ a b Frisaro, Joe (October 28, 1993). "Tampa Bay loses Super Bowl bid (Part 2)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.  Cite error: The named reference "Trib010-28-1993pg29" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).