Super Bowl LI

Super Bowl LI
Date February 5, 2017[note 1]
Stadium NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
TV in the United States
Network Fox

Super Bowl LI will be the 51st Super Bowl and the 47th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion will play the National Football Conference (NFC) champion to decide the league champion for the 2016 season.

The game is scheduled for February 5, 2017,[1] at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, and will be the third Super Bowl in Houston, after VIII in 1974 and XXXVIII in 2004. It will be televised nationally in the United States by Fox.[2][3]

Background

Host-selection process

NRG Stadium in January 2007

The NFL selected the sites for Super Bowl 50 and Super Bowl LI in 2013, at the owners' spring meetings in Boston on May 21.[4] On October 16, 2012, the NFL announced that Reliant Stadium in Houston, which was renamed NRG Stadium in 2014, was a finalist to host Super Bowl LI.[5] Houston then competed against the runner-up for the site of Super Bowl 50: Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.[4][5] The South Florida bid for either Super Bowl partially depended on whether the stadium underwent renovations. However, on May 3, the Florida legislature refused to approve the funding plan to pay for the renovations, dealing a blow to South Florida's chances.[6] The NFL ultimately selected Houston as the host city of Super Bowl LI.[7]

Proposition 1 controversy

Proposition 1, an ordinance which would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing, employment, public accommodations, and city contracting, was rejected by voters (60.97% opposing[8]) during the November 3, 2015 elections. Subsequently, the NFL announced it will not alter plans to have the city host Super Bowl LI.[9][10] Houston Texans owner Bob McNair donated $10,000 to Campaign for Houston, an organization that opposes the ordinance, which he later rescinded. McNair has a long history of supporting conservative political causes.[11] There are still concerns for corporate sponsorship and entertainment backlash against Super Bowl LI.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Date is tentative, pending possible future changes to the NFL calendar.

References

  1. ↑ "Houston Super Bowl Host Committee announces date of Super Bowl LI". Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  2. ↑ "CRTC to allow U.S. Super Bowl commercials starting in 2017 - Business - CBC News". Cbc.ca. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  3. ↑ Molloy, Tim (December 14, 2011). "NBC, Fox, CBS Extend NFL Deals Through 2022". TheWrap.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "NFL plans "spectacular" Super Bowl L | ProFootballTalk". Profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Houston a finalist to host Super Bowl LI in 2017". San Antonio Express News. October 16, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Fla. Legislature refuses to aid Fins". ESPN. Associated Press. May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Rosenthal, Gregg (May 21, 2013). "San Francisco awarded Super Bowl L; Houston lands LI". National Football League. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Cumulative Report, Harris County, Texas, General and Special Elections" (PDF). HARRISVotes.com. November 3, 2015. 9.
  9. 1 2 Robinson, Charles (November 4, 2015). "NFL won't alter Houston Super Bowl plans after city's repeal of non-discrimination law". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  10. ↑ Gryboski, Michael (October 18, 2015). "Former Astros Star Speaks Out Against Houston's Transgender Bathroom Ordinance". Christian Post. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Gibbs, Lindsay (2015-10-16). "Texans Owner Donates $10,000 To Fight LGBT Protections In Houston". ThinkProgress.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
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