NFL’s Pro Bowl, Super Bowl to be played in Arizona in 2015
The NFL hasn’t finished making tweaks to the Pro Bowl.
The league on Wednesday announced locations for the next two annual all-star games, planning to play in Arizona in 2015 before returning to Hawaii in 2016.
Glendale’s University of Phoenix Stadium is slated to host the Pro Bowl on Sunday, January 25, 2015, one week before Super Bowl XLIX kicks off at the same venue. It’s the first time the affair has been stationed at a Super Bowl site since 2010, when Miami’s Sun Life Stadium hosted the event.
Then it’s back to Hawaii, with Aloha Stadium marked to host the game on January 31, 2016. The NFL also has an agreement with the State of Hawaii to play the Pro Bowl at the same site beyond the 2016 campaign, but those details are pending.
It’s the latest in a wave of changes to a contest that some still question the existence of. This year’s game was the first “unconferenced” tilt, with players selected without regard to their conference in voting by the fans, coaches and players.
The warm-weather locale makes Arizona a natural fit, but we have yet to hear what the players feel about losing a trip our nation’s glorious 50th state.
Source: NFL.com
