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===Host selection process===
The NFL awarded Super Bowl XIV to [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] on June 14, 1977, at the owners' meetings held in [[New York City]]. For the first time since 1973, multiple Super Bowl host sites were selected at the same meeting. A total of eight cities submitted bids: Miami, Pasadena, ([[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]), [[Los Angeles]] ([[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Coliseum]]), [[Houston]], [[New Orleans]], [[Dallas]] ([[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]), [[Seattle]] ([[Kingdome]]), and [[Detroit]] ([[Pontiac Silverdome]]).<ref name="TMH06-15-1977pg1">{{cite news|title=We've Got Super Bowl in '79 (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117652051/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Theodore|last1=Stanger|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 15, 1977|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="TMH06-15-1977pg14">{{cite news|title=We've Got Super Bowl in '79 (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117652127/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Theodore|last1=Stanger|page=14|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 15, 1977|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> Seattle and Detroit were attempting to become the first cold-weather city to host a Super Bowl, albeit inside a [[dome]]d stadium. Though neither were selected, Detroit was invited to bid for a future game at the next meeting.<ref name="TCRE06-15-1977pg16">{{cite news|title=Miami lands Super Bowl but owners like Silverdome|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117651942/|newspaper=Traverse City Record-Eagle|page=16|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 15, 1977|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref>

The selection of Pasadena came just six months after the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] hosted its first Super Bowl ([[Super Bowl XI|XI]]). Observers noted that the owners stuck with familiar venues this time around, choosing Miami for [[Super Bowl XIII|XIII]] and Pasadena for XIV. Early favorite<ref name="FLN06-14-1977pg20">{{cite news|title=Miami To Bid But Houston Has Inside Track for 1979 Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117655814/|newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News|page=20|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 14, 1977|accessdate=January 27, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> Houston ([[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]]) reportedly fell out of favor with owners when it was revealed that birds were found in the showers of the [[Minnesota Vikings|Vikings]] training facility during [[Super Bowl VIII]].<ref name="TLAT06-15-1977pg50">{{cite news|title=Rose Bowl Gets '80 Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117651783/|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|page=50|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 15, 1977|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> Likewise New Orleans was passed over since the [[Caesars Superdome|Superdome]] was already set to host [[Super Bowl XII]].