Super Bowl XLVI

Super Bowl XLVI will be the 46th annual edition of the Super Bowl in American football, and the 42nd annual championship game of the modern-era National Football League (NFL). The game is contingent upon at least a portion of the 2011 NFL season being played, which in turn depends on the adoption of a new collective bargaining agreement between league owners and players before or during the 2011 season. The league has released contingency plans for a postponement and/or partial cancellation of the season of up to four weeks, which include the potential for the Super Bowl to be delayed one week. The league has not made public its plans in the event that the entire season is lost due to the work stoppage; such a season-long strike or lockout has never occurred in the league's history.

If the game is played as scheduled, it will be held on February 5, 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This would be the first time that the Super Bowl is held in Indianapolis. This would also be only the fourth time that the Super Bowl is held in a cold-weather city, after Pontiac, Michigan's hosting of Super Bowl XVI, Minneapolis's hosting of Super Bowl XXVI, and Detroit's hosting of Super Bowl XL.

In the United States, the game will be televised nationally by NBC.

Host selection process
Three cities presented bids for the game:
 * On January 31, 2008, the Greater Houston, Texas, Convention and Visitors Bureau announced their plans to host the game at Reliant Stadium, and holding events at the surrounding Reliant Park, hoping that their city would host the championship game for the second time.
 * On February 19, 2008, the City of Indianapolis, led by Colts owner Jim Irsay and Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard, officially announced details about their intentions to bid for Super Bowl XLVI. Part of the agreement included a proposal to build a practice facility on the campus of Arsenal Technical High School that would be used for the school's use after the Super Bowl.
 * On March 6, 2008, one month after hosting Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the second Super Bowl held in the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee led by Committee chair Mike Kennedy formally announced their intentions to bid for another one.

NFL franchise owners selected the Indianapolis bid at their meeting on May 20, 2008.

Commercials
Presidential Candidate Randall Terry has said he is planning to run an ad featuring graphic photos of aborted fetuses during Super Bowl XLVI.

Broadcasting
Super Bowl XLVI will be shown all around the world:

Australia: the game will be shown Live on One HD and Network Ten

Canada: The game will be shown live on CTV, with simultaneous substitution over all U.S. advertisements in accordance with Canadian law.

Brazil: The game will be shown live on ESPN and Band Sports

Latin America: The game will be shown live on ESPN HD and Fox Sports HD

Denmark: The game will be shown live on TV3+ (Denmark)

Germany: The game will be shown live on Das Erste

Hungary: The game will be shown live on Sport 1

Romania: The game will be shown live on Sport 1

Netherlands: The game will be shown live on ESPN

Sweden: the game will be shown Live on TV10, Viasat Sport and Viasat Sport HD

United Kingdom and Ireland: The game will be shown live on BBC and Sky Sports

France: The game will be shown live on W9