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So they choose where the super bowl will be held way beforehand. So what happens if the team where the super bowl is held actually makes it to the super bowl? The whole point is so that neither team has homefield advantage. How can they guarantee when they hold it in Miami that the Dolphins wont make it? And what if they do? Do they have to go and change the whole venue?

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I think they dont' select a venue until they see who all makes it to the playoffs. Then as the teams get numbered down they make a selection, that is what I"ve heard before but I"m not a 100% sure on that information

This is the only thing I could find:

The location of the Super Bowl is chosen by the NFL well in advance, usually three to five years before the game. Cities place bids to host a Super Bowl. Candidate cities are evaluated in terms of stadium renovation and ability to host a Super Bowl. Then the NFL owners meet to make a selection on the site. The sites for the next four Super Bowls have been determined, up to Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. On October 16, 2007, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suggested that a Super Bowl might be played in London, probably at Wembley Stadium. The game has never been played in a region which lacks an NFL franchise. (Seven Super Bowls have been played in Los Angeles, but none since the Los Angeles Raiders and Los Angeles Rams both relocated elsewhere in 1995.)