When is South Florida getting a Super Bowl? See what happened here in past years
And when you say Miami, you’re talking Super Bowl.
OK, we can’t say that about the Miami Dolphins, even though it is the team song.
But the words still ring true when it comes to the Miami area hosting the big game.
Miami has hosted 11 Super Bowls. The last one, Super Bowl 54 in 2020, generated over $500 million for the local economy. On February 9, 2025, New Orleans will tie Miami as the city to host the most Super Bowls.
The Super Bowl returned to South Florida in 2020 after a 10-year absence. But when is the next Super Bowl lined up at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens?
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South Florida hasn’t been awarded a Super Bowl through 2028. After the Super Bowl in New Orleans, California hosts two of the next four — at Levi’s Stadium in the Bay Area and SoFi Stadium in Southern California.
The drought in South Florida hosting Super Bowls is partly due to the NFL changing how it awards them and a flurry of new stadiums, said Rodney Barreto, the Coral Gables-based chairman of the Super Bowl Host Committee in Miami in 2007, 2010 and 2020.
“The NFL typically rewards any city that opens a new stadium,” Barreto said in an interview with the Miami Herald.
He said while it’s up to the league, he expects South Florida to be considered for the 2029 Super Bowl.
But before we look too far ahead, here is a look back through the Miami Herald archives on the Super Bowl games played in South Florida through the years, starting with the Orange Bowl in 1968 up through the most recent one in 2020 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens:
Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers 33 vs Oakland Raiders 14
Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl
Date: Jan. 14, 1968
Attendance: 75,546
MVP: Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr
Green Bay Coach: Vince Lombardi
Oakland Coach: John Rauch
National anthem/Halftime show: Grambling State University Band
Cost of 30-second commercial: $54,000
Nielsen rating: 36.8
Ticket price: $12
Did You Know? Though the Orange Bowl was sold out for the game, unconditional blackout rules in both leagues prevented the live CBS telecast from being shown in the Miami area.
Super Bowl III: New York Jets 16 vs Baltimore Colts 7
Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl
Date: Jan. 12, 1969
Attendance: 75,389
MVP: New York quarterback Joe Namath
New York Coach: Weeb Ewbank
Baltimore Coach: Don Shula
National anthem: Anita Bryant
Halftime show: Florida A&M Band
Cost of 30-second commercial: $55,000
Nielsen rating: 36.0
Ticket price: $12
Did You Know? Joe Namath’s historic guarantee came at the Miami Touchdown Club’s annual celebration, where he was honored as the league’s MVP. Broadway Joe was driven from the Jets hotel in Fort Lauderdale to the event in Miami Springs, and it is believed Namath was sipping a drink that contained a touch of Johnnie Walker Red.
Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts 16 vs Dallas Cowboys 13
Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl
Date: Jan. 17, 1971
Attendance: 79,204
MVP: Dallas linebacker Chuck Howley
Baltimore Coach: Don McCafferty
Dallas Coach: Tom Landry
National anthem: Tommy Loy (trumpeter)
Halftime show: Florida A&M Band
Cost of 30-second commercial: $55,000
Nielsen rating: 39.9
Super Bowl ticket price: $15
Did You Know? The game was played on artificial turf for the first time. The following year, Tulane Stadium would join the Orange Bowl as the only stadiums to host Super Bowls on both natural grass and artificial turf.
Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers 21 vs Dallas Cowboys 17
Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl
Date: Jan. 18, 1976
Attendance: 80,187
MVP: Pittsburgh wide receiver Lynn Swann
Pittsburgh Coach: Chuck Noll
Dallas Coach: Tom Landry
National anthem: Tom Sullivan
Halftime show: Up with People’s Bicentennial Tribute
Cost of 30-second commercial: $110,000
Nielsen rating: 42.3
Super Bowl ticket price: $20
Did You Know? Swann was questionable to play after a concussion in the AFC Championship game. But it was Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw who left the game with a concussion a second after firing the game-clinching touchdown bomb to Swann.
Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers 35 vs Dallas Cowboys 31
Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl
Date: Jan. 21, 1979
Attendance: 79,484
MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Quarterback
Pittsburgh Coach: Chuck Noll
Dallas Coach: Tom Landry
National anthem: The Colgate Thirteen
Halftime show: Carnival Salute to Caribbean
Cost of 30-second commercial: $185,000
Nielsen rating: 47.1
Super Bowl ticket price: $30
Did You Know? Jackie Smith, infamous for dropping the touchdown pass (above), had a Hall of Fame career with the Cardinals before Dallas coaxed him out of retirement for this season.
Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers 20 vs Cincinnati Bengals 16
Stadium: Joe Robbie Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium)
Date: Jan. 22, 1989
Attendance: 75,129
MVP: San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice
San Francisco Coach: Bill Walsh
Cincinnati Coach: Sam Wyche
National anthem: Billy Joel
Halftime show: BeBop Bamboozled
Cost of 30-second commercial: $675,000
Nielsen rating: 43.5
Super Bowl ticket price: $100
Did You Know? At halftime, the score was 3-3, the first time in Super Bowl history the game was tied at intermission.
Super Bowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers 49 vs San Diego Chargers 26
Stadium: Joe Robbie Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium)
Date: Jan, 29, 1995
Attendance: 74,107
MVP: San Francisco quarterback Steve Young
49ers Coach: George Seifert
Chargers Coach: Bobby Ross
National anthem: Kathie Lee Gifford
Halftime show: Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine
Cost of 30-second commercial: $1.15 million
Nielsen rating: 41.3
Super Bowl ticket price: $200
Did You Know? Steve Young not only passed for a record six touchdowns, he was the game’s leading rusher (49 yards).
Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos 34 vs Atlanta Falcons 14
Stadium: Pro Player Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium)
Date: Jan. 31, 1999
Attendance: 74,803
MVP: Denver quarterback John Elway
Denver Coach: Mike Shanahan
Atlanta Coach: Dan Reeves
National anthem: Cher
Halftime show: Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Cost of 30-second commercial: $1.6 million
Nielsen rating: 40.2
Super Bowl ticket price: $325
Did You Know? John Elway, in his last game, passed for 336 yards and ran for a touchdown to earn most valuable player honors as the Broncos became the first AFC team to win consecutive Super Bowls since the Steelers won XIII and XIV.
Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts 29 vs Chicago Bears 17
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium)
Date: Feb. 4, 2007
Attendance: 74,512
MVP: Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning
Indianapolis Coach: Tony Dungy
Chicago Coach: Lovie Smith
National anthem: Billy Joel
Halftime show: Prince, Florida A&M University Marching 100
Cost of 30-second commercial: $2.6 million
Nielsen rating: 42.6
Super Bowl ticket price: $325
Did You Know? Dungy and Smith represented the first time two African-American head coaches faced each other in a Super Bowl. Smith had been on Dungy’s staff in Tampa Bay from 1996-2000.
Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints 31 Indianapolis Colts 17
Stadium: Sun Life Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium)
Date: Feb. 7, 2010
Attendance: 74,059
MVP: New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees
Indianapolis Coach: Jim Caldwell
New Orleans Coach: Sean Payton
National anthem: Carrie Underwood
Halftime show: Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey from The Who
Cost of 30-second commercial: $2.5-$2.8 million
Nielsen rating: 45.0
Super Bowl ticket price: $325
Did You Know? The Saints onside kick to begin the second half was a gutsy call, but shouldn’t have worked — it went right to a veteran wide receiver Hank Baskett. But Baskett bobbled it back t the Saints. The Colts released him the next day.
Super Bowl LIV: Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Francisco 49ers 20
Date: Feb. 2, 2020
Attendance: 62,417
MVP: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes
Kansas City coach: Andy Reid
San Francisco coach: Kyle Shanahan
National anthem: Demi Lovato
Halftime show: Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
Cost of 30-second commercial: $5.6 million
Nielsen rating: 41.6
Super Bowl ticket price: $3,300
Did You Know? This Super Bowl carried the same name, LIV, as the famous nightspot at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach? And yes, there were celebrity parties there.
This story was originally published February 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM.