Miami won the 2007 Super Bowl bid bringing the big game to South Florida
for the 9th time. William Talbert, president and CEO of the Greater
Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, cheered when Commissioner Paul
Tagliabue announced Pro Player Stadium would host its fourth Super Bowl
on February 4, 2007, which will be the 9th overall held in the region.

And Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention
and Visitors Bureau pinned a "Super Bowl XLI South Florida" button on
Taglibue's lapel.

"Fans will be excited, not just in Florida, but nationally, since it's
such a very attractive place," Tagliabue said;

The Super Bowl is estimated to pump $350 mllion into the local economy.
It attracts thousands of visitors with deep pockets, who come not just
for the game, but also its accompanying festivities, beaches and other
attractions.

The two sons of H. Wayne Huizenga, owner of the Miami Dolphins, and
Pro-Player Stadium, H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr., and Ray Huizenga attended on
their father's behalf. "We're thrilled," Huizenga, Jr. said. "the
tremendous economic impact that it has. It's a chance for us to showcase
what an incredible area South Florida is. It's just awesome."

Negotiatons included a new requirement by the NFL that the contract be
financially guaranteed to ensure that all hotel, stadium and other
obligations are met. In South Florida, the stadium, convention and
visitors bureau's and the host committee have agreed to the guarantees,
which amount to roughly $10 million, to ensure the NFL is covered should
hotels cancel or other promises not be met.

Miami, and Pro Player Stadium were the contingency fall-back plan for
the recent Super Bowl, held in New Orleans, when the NFL ran up against
problems with the huge NAPA Convention there and had to buy out that
convention's dates. It lost the 2005 game to newcomer Jacksonville,
which will bring cruise ships up from the Ports of Miami and
Ft.Lauderale to anchor in the St.John's River to meet the NFL's 15,000
hotel room guarantee for a Super Bowl - and remains the backup
contingency site for any problems encountered with room availability, as
the Jacksonville date isn't insured under the new guidelines to award
the game. Tagliabue said with the next three Super Bowls in Houston,
Jacksonville and Detroit, he wanted the 2007 game in a familiar, warm
locale.

As always, tickets for local fans will be scarce. The NFL allocates 5%
of the 73,000 to 74,000 tickets or 3000-4000 tickets - to the Dolphins;
1.2% each to the teams that compete in the game, with the balance being
kept by the league. Prices have not been determined.

The Marriott Harbor Beach in Fort Lauderdale and Sheraton Bal Harbor,
Miami, will serve as hotels for the Super Bowl teams, the Fontainebleau
Hilton in Miami Beach, will serve as the NFL and media hotel, and the
Miami Beach Convention Center, will be used as the media center.
Bringing the Super Bowl back to Miami required contracts be signed with
115 hotels for 17,000 hotel rooms in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Miami
and Miami Beach.

Previous Super Bowls in Miami

1968 II Green Bay 33 Oakland 14 (Orange Bowl)

1969 III N.Y. Jets 16 Baltimore 7 (Orange Bowl)

1971 V Baltimore 16 Dallas 13 (Orange Bowl)

1976 X Pittsburgh 21 Dallas 17 (Orange Bowl)

1970 XIII Pittsburgh 35 Dallas 31 (Orange Bowl)

1989 XXIII San Francisco 20 Cincinnati 16 (Pro Player Stadium)

1995 XXIX San Francisco 49 San Diego 26 (Pro Player Stadium)

1999 (XXXIII Denver 34 Atlanta 19 (Pro Player Stadium)

Pro-Player Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins NFL football team, and
the Florida Marlins MLB team, is natural turf, with a 75,000 seating
capacity for football, 44,000 for baseball. It opened on August 16, 1987
at a cost of $115 million, private financing.

Address: 2269 Dan Marino Boulevard
Miami, Fl., 33056
305-623-6100

In addition, Pro Player Stadium hosted the 1997 World Series between the
Florida Marlins and the Cleveland Indians, won by the Marlins 4-3, and
is host to the annual Orange Bowl college football game, where, in 2000,
Oklahoma defeated Florida State to win the NCAA BCS National
Championship game. Pro Player Stadium's Orange Bowl date gets the BCS
National Championship game again in 2004, part of the rotating
championship game cycle between the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl
(this year's host) and Orange Bowl.

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