Super Bowl XLIV will be an American football game pitting the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts against the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New Orleans Saints to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The venue is the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, and the game’s kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. PST on February 7, 2010.
All Big Screens will be tuned to the event at the Landing Bar & Grill on Quadra.
Beer and Food Specials all day…comfy seating and great sound!
The game features the Saints’ first Super Bowl appearance since their foundation in 1967, while it is the fourth time a Colts franchise team has appeared, since their foundation in 1953 as the Baltimore Colts. In their three previous Super Bowl appearances, all also in Miami, the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts have lost once in 1969 and won twice in 1971 and 2007. They’re also the first NFL team with another African-American head coach to lead them into another Super Bowl since Tony Dungy when they won it in 2007 against the Chicago Bears.
The Saints enter the game with a 13-3 record for the 2009 regular season, compared to the Colts 14-2 record. In the playoff games, both teams had a 1st round bye. The Colts entered the Super Bowl off of 20-3 and 30-17 victories, while the Saints advanced with scores of 45-14 and 31-28 (in overtime), defeating last years runners up the Arizona Cardinals in their first game. The Pittsburgh Steelers as defending champions, failed to make the playoffs based on tiebreakers. It is the first time since Super Bowl XXVIII (16 years) previously that both number one seeds have reached the Super Bowl. Head coach for the Saints is Sean Payton having joined from the Dallas Cowboys in 2006, while his opposing head coach Jim Caldwell was appointed the Colts head coach in 2009 having joined them in 2002 as assistant head coach. In Peyton Manning, the Colts have a veteran quarterback who is widely regarded as one of the best of all time.
It is the tenth time the Super Bowl has been held in Miami at the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins, the fifth time being held in the Sun Life Stadium, and five more before those in the Dolphins’ now demolished former home, the Miami Orange Bowl. Per convention as an even numbered Super Bowl, the Colts as the AFC representatives have the home team designation, wearing blue jerseys, while the Saints (who wore their white jerseys in several home games this year) will wear white. The game is to be broadcast live on CBS, and the half-time show is due to feature the English rock band The Who.
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The Landing Bar & Grill is located on Quadra Island, right beside the BC Ferry Terminal at Quathiaski Cove…and easy 2 minute walk. We offer a traditional Pub style 7 days a week for lunch and dinner, a wonderful weekend Brunch from 11:00AM to 3:00PM.
We also offer daily specials and great selection of draft, including our local favorite Surgenor Brewing.
Come on in and enjoy some Good Food and Good Times at the Landing Bar & Grill.
Order In or Take Out…phone 250-285-3713
