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Report: Super Bowl cities to host Pro Bowl

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Published: Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:07 AM

MIAMI, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The NFL may move the Pro Bowl from its longtime home in Hawaii to the city that hosts the Super Bowl as early as 2010, sources told the Miami Herald.

The newspaper said Tuesday the idea is aimed at drumming up fan interest in the annual all-star contest now played in Honolulu the week after the Super Bowl.

"Plans for future Pro Bowls are not final, but we have stated publicly several times that we are giving strong consideration to moving the Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Herald.

"We also have been exploring playing future Pro Bowls at the site of the Super Bowl as well as in Honolulu."

The NFL has already started booking hotel rooms in the Miami area, which will host the Super Bowl in 2010, the Herald said.

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