The Super Bowl LIV in Miami Gardens
Friday, 31 January 2020 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika
Category/Kategorie: General, Miami / South Florida, Sport
Reading Time: 8 minutes
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The
NFL Super Bowl LIV, the 54th
Super Bowl and the 50th
modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game (
American Football) will decide the league champion for the league’s
2019 and 100th season. The game will be played on February 2, 2020 at Hard Rock Stadium in
Miami Gardens,
Florida. This will be the 11th Super Bowl hosted by the South Florida region and the sixth Super Bowl hosted in Miami Gardens, which hosted
Super Bowl XLIV ten years earlier. At the beginning of the Super Bowl,
America the Beautiful (
America the Beautiful on YouTube) and the American national anthem (
The Star-Spangled Banner –
US National Anthem by Beyonce) is intoned, followed by a fly-over over the stadium by a flying unit of the
United States Armed Forces (one will have to wait in vain for a while to be able to watch the overflight by the new 6th armed forces, the
United States Space Force). This year’s legendary
halftime show will be co-headlined by the
American artist
Jennifer Lopez and the
Colombian artist
Shakira.
The 2019 NFL season is the 100th season with a corresponding season logo © NFL
After a mixed season, especially for the
New England Patriots and their
quarterback and superstar
Tom Brady, who were defeated by the
Miami Dolphins before the playoffs and finally kicked out of the
2020 playoffs by the
Tennessee Titans (The New York Times, 5 January 2020:
Tom Brady’s Last Pass Puts His Patriots Future in Doubt, US Today, 5 January 2020:
Tom Brady uncertain on future, but retirement ‘pretty unlikely’, NBC News, 5 January 2020:
New England Patriots stunned by Titans as rumors swirl over QB Tom Brady’s future), the
Minnesota Vikings had taken the
New Orleans Saints out of the race in the first round, the Wild Card Playoffs, what was definitely not to be expected as well. The joy at the Vikings lasted for a week only, because they lost clearly against the
San Francisco 49ers in the second round. The
Baltimore Ravens fared similarly in the game against the
Tennessee Titans, who were able to prevail against their opponents in the Divisional Round as well as the
Kansas City Chiefs (who set off a points firework against the
Houston Texans), the 49ers (against the
Minnesota Vikings) and the
Green Bay Packers (against the
Seattle Seahawks). The Chiefs won the
AFC Championship against the Titans and the 49ers won the
NFC Championship against the Packers, ending this years
play-offs so that both winning teams will face each other at the Super Bowl. It will be very exciting, as almost every time (CNN, 3 February 2020:
Led by Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs pull off epic Super Bowl comeback, The Guardian, 3 February 2020:
Trump congratulates wrong state for Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, The Washington Post, 3 February 2020:
‘That play in our back pocket’: How Patrick Mahomes rallied the Chiefs to a Super Bowl win, The New York Times, 3 February 2020:
Chiefs Defeat 49ers in Stunning Super Bowl Comeback, The Washington Post, 3 February 2020:
At the Super Bowl halftime show, Jennifer Lopez lived the American Dream, Cosmopolitan, 3 February 2020:
Why Jennifer Lopez and Shakira Won’t Get Paid for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, BBC, 17 March 2020:
Tom Brady: Quarterback announces he will leave New England Patriots, NPR, 17 March 2020:
Tom Brady Bids Farewell To New England Patriots, Says He’s Ready For ‘New Stage’, BBC, 20 March 2020:
Tom Brady: Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign ex-Patriots quarterback, Gulf News, 20 March 2020:
A career in pictures – The evolution of an NFL GOAT: New England Patriots’ Tom Brady, France24, 8 April 2020:
Brady admits concussions, vows not to be forced from NFL, The Washington Post, 28 April 2020:
Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski are among the best passing combos of the past decade).
Miami Dolphins vs. Oakland Raiders 2012 © flickr.com - June Rivera/cc-by-sa-2.0
Hard Rock Stadium is a
multipurpose stadium located in
Miami Gardens,
Florida,
United States, a city north of
Miami. It is the home stadium of the
Miami Dolphins of the
National Football League (NFL). Hard Rock Stadium is host to the
Miami Hurricanes football team during their regular season. In addition, the facility hosts the
Orange Bowl, an annual college football
bowl game. It was the home to the
Florida Marlins of
Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2011. In 2012, the Marlins moved into their own stadium, the
Marlins Park in Miami’s neighborhood
Little Havana. From 2019, the stadium is home to the
Miami Open tennis tournament, played in March. The stadium has hosted five
Super Bowls (
XXIII,
XXIX,
XXXIII,
XLI and
XLIV), the
2010 Pro Bowl, two
World Series (
1997 and
2003), four
BCS National Championship Games (
2001,
2005,
2009,
2013), the second round of the
2009 World Baseball Classic, and
WrestleMania XXVIII. The stadium will host
Super Bowl LIV in 2020, the
College Football Playoff National Championship in 2021, as well as “having agreed in principle” to host the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix in 2021. The facility opened in 1987 as “Joe Robbie Stadium” and has been known by a number of names since: “Pro Player Park”, “Pro Player Stadium”, “Dolphins Stadium”, “Dolphin Stadium”, “Land Shark Stadium”, and “Sun Life Stadium”. In August 2016 the team sold the naming rights to
Hard Rock Cafe Inc. for $250 million over 18 years.
Here is some additional information:
American football,
American football positions (
Man in Motion),
American football plays,
American football rules,
Tailgate Party,
WeAreFanatics.com – NFL Game-Day Traditions and
Culture of the United States. Those who ask themselves after the match, what to watch between the Super Bowl and the start of the regular season: the
basball season runs from April to September and from February 1st on the
Six Nations rugby tournament will take place.
Super Bowl LV shall take place on 7 February 2021 at the
Raymond James Stadium in
Tampa,
Florida.
Read more on
NFL.com – Super Bowl,
Hard Rock Stadium,
Wikivoyage Miami Beach,
Wikivoyage Miami,
Wikipedia Hard Rock Stadium,
Wikipedia Super Bowl LIV and
The United States: Bon voyage! (
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CNN, 26 February 2020:
Over 1,300 complaints were sent to the FCC about Shakira and J.Lo’s Super Bowl halftime show – good for them, that they never saw this video. It could have led to mass hysteria or even to serial heart attacks.
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