The Green Bay Packers of the National Football Conference will be the home team. The home team designation alternates each year between the NFC champion and the American Football Conference champion.
The Atlanta Falcons were the home team for Super Bowl XLI.
No team has ever played a home field super bowl.
So far, no team has played on its home field in a Super Bowl.
The Indianapolis Colts are considered the "Home Team" for Super Bowl XLIV.
The home team designation for the Super Bowl alternates each year. As a result, the representative of the National Football Conference -- the San Francisco 49ers -- will serve as the home team for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
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There has never been a team to play a Super Bowl on their home field. The closest was Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. and Super Bowl XIX when the San Francisco 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins at Stanford Stadium. The NFL awards the Super Bowl to a city four years in advance. If a team won their conference championship and the Super Bowl was scheduled on their home field, the game would go on as planned.
Technically one team is designated the home team for the game, but I think you mean if a team can play in its own stadium for the Super Bowl. The answer is yes, the team from the host city must make it through the playoffs to the Super Bowl.
Green Bay Packers will be the home team
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football Conference will be considered the home team for Super Bowl XLV. In 2012, the American Football Conference champion will be the home team.
The Arizona Cardinals are the designated home team.
The Indianapolis Colts are the designated home team.