The New England Patriots have played at the following stadiums:
* - Schaefer Stadium, Sullivan Stadium, and Foxboro Stadium are all one in the same stadium. The name was changed due to stadium naming rights deals various ownership groups made.
No. Two Super Bowls have been played in Houston ... Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium and Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium. The Astrodome was simply deemed "too small" for the Super Bowl, even in the early years.
Super Bowl XIV was played by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the L.A. Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Largest turnout in a Super Bowl ever. That should count for home field advantage.
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Yes - what was named CMGI Stadium was renamed Gillette Stadium.
No team has ever played a Super Bowl in its home stadium, although there are a couple of instances in which clubs played near their neighborhoods. In Super Bowl XIV, the Los Angeles Rams, who played their home games in Anaheim Stadium, clashed with the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. In Super Bowl XIX, the San Francisco 49ers, whose home turf was Candlestick Park, played the Miami Dolphins at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
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The next Super Bowl to be hosted by New Orleans is SB XLVII, slated to be played in the Superdome on February 3, 2013. It will be the 10th SB played in New Orleans; the 7th in the Superdome (the most of any NFL stadium).
Only two previous times:VIIIJan. 13, 1974Rice Stadium (Houston)Miami 24, Minnesota 7VIII - Jan. 13, 1974 @ Rice Stadium (Houston) ~ Miami 24, Minnesota 7XXXVIII - Feb. 1, 2004 @ Reliant Stadium (Houston) ~ New England 32, Carolina 29Dallas will be the third ever held in Texas:XLV - Feb. 6, 2011 @ Cowboys Stadium (Arlington) ~ ???, ???
No team has ever played the Super Bowl in their home stadium. The closest have been the San Francisco 49ers who played Super Bowl XIX in Stanford Stadium, rather than Candlestick Park, and the Los Angeles Rams who played Super Bowl XIV in the Rose Bowl, rather than the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Prior to Super Bowl XLV in February, 2011, there was no football stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Dallas Cowboys completed the new "Cowboys Stadium" in 2009 to replace the aging Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, which had been built in 1971 and was torn down in 2010. The Dallas area had never hosted a Super Bowl.
Yes. Super Bowls are awarded four years in advance, therefore, it is impossible to know who will be playing in the game. Should the Cowboys make it to Super Bowl XLV, they will play the game at their home stadium. In a similar vein, Super Bowl XLVI will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, and Super Bowl XLVII will be played at the Superdome, home of the New Orleans Saints. Should the Colts make it to Super Bowl XLVI or the Saints make it to Super Bowl XLVII, they will play the game at their home stadium. Through Super Bowl XLIV, no team has played the Super Bowl game at their home stadium. The closest to that ever happening was the 1984 San Francisco 49ers playing in Superbowl XIX. The game was held in Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California, which is only about 20 miles from San Francisco.
The Grand Opening of Gillette Stadium occurred on September 9, 2002, when the newly crowned NFL Champions, the New England Patriots, hoisted their first ever Super Bowl Banner after defeating the St. Louis Rams 21-19 in Super Bowl XXXVI. The Patriots played the Pittsburgh Steelers, routing the boys from the steel city 30-14. It should be noted that there were other events that took place in the stadium prior to the Grand Opening Ceremony. The first event occurred on May 11, 2002, when the New England Revolution (Major League Soccer) played the Dallas Stars. The Revolution crew defeated the Stars 2-0.