Super Bowl XLVIII will be the 48th edition of the Super Bowl in American football, and the 44th annual championship game of the modern-era National Football League (NFL). It is scheduled to be held on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey to determine the champion for the 2013 season. This would be the first Super Bowl to be played outdoors in a cold weather environment, the first in 38 years to be played outdoors on artificial turf and the first in which two US states (New York and New Jersey) will work together with hosting duties. Because it will be held outside, planners say there may be logistical issues that could arise that no other Super Bowl has ever experienced, including the possibility of holding the in-stadium halftime show in extremely frigid, inclement weather.
In the United States, the rights to televise the game nationally are held by Fox and simulcast in Canada on CTV.
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