Here is a look at the three finalists to host Super Bowl XLVIII:
New York/New Jersey
Number of Super Bowls hosted: 0
Current stadium: New Meadowlands Stadium
Location: East Rutherford, N.J.
Capacity: 82,500
When stadium opened: 2010
Memorable championship moments: One of the most famous games in NFL history took place in New York's old Yankee Stadium, the 1958 NFL Championship, in which the Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants in the league's first-ever sudden-death playoff game. This showdown has since become known in football lore as "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
South Florida
Number of Super Bowls hosted: 10 (Super Bowl II, III, V, X, XIII, XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI, XLIV)
Current stadium: Sun Life Stadium
Location: Miami Gardens, Fla.
Capacity: 75,540
When stadium opened: 1987
Memorable championship moments: Iconic NFL events such as the New York Jets' Joe Namath making good on a guarantee in an upset victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, as well as the final game for Vince Lombardi as Green Bay Packers coach took place at Miami's Orange Bowl. In the first Super Bowl held at Sun Life Stadium, Joe Montana led a late-game rally as the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII in what turned out to be the final game for Bill Walsh as the 49ers' coach.
Tampa Bay
Number of Super Bowls hosted: 4 (Super Bowl XVIII, XXV, XXXV, XLIII)
Current stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Location: Tampa, Fla.
Capacity: 65,890
When stadium opened: 1998
Memorable championship moments:Ben Roethlisberger's six-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes earned the Pittsburgh Steelers a sixth Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XLIII. At old Tampa Stadium, the New York Giants edged the Buffalo Bills after Scott Norwood's attempt at a winning field goal sailed wide right in Super Bowl XXV.
