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San Francisco chosen as site for Super Bowl L
NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Francisco and Houston were chosen on Tuesday as the host cities for the 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls.
National Football League (NFL) team owners voted for the cities ahead of Miami, which had already hosted the sport's championship game a record-tying 10 times.
San Francisco will host the 50th Super Bowl in early 2016 at Levi's Stadium, the brand new home of the 49ers.
The stadium is currently being constructed in Santa Clara, just south ofSan Francisco. The only previous time the Super Bowl was played in the Bay Area was in 1985, when the 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins atStanford Stadium.
Houston will be hosting the game for the third time after 1974 and 2004.
The 2014 Super Bowl had already awarded to East Rutherford in
New Jersey, the home of the
New York Giants and
New York Jets, while the 2015 game will be held in
A fan rides a zip line as part of the Super Bowl XLVI festivities in Indianapolis, Indiana, January 30, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young
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