In 50+ years of Super Bowls, no team ever played a Super Bowl in their home stadium. Then for two consecutive years a team in the Super Bowl played in their home stadium and both times that team won. Added to this, never before had a conference championship and the Super Bowl been held in the same stadium.
The Rams winning the Super Bowl is doubly galling for Dean Spanos. Not just because his landlord gets a major boost up on winning the hearts and minds of Los Angeles football fans. He hates the Rams from his childhood. He grew up in Stockton - his family were big 49er fans. Remember, they tried to buy the 49ers first. Dean's father - Alex - placed a bid he thought was fair when the Niners went up for sale in 1977. Owning the 49ers was his dream. But he got out-bid by some other self-made millionaire from Ohio. Buying the Chargers seven years later was a consolation. But the 49ers and Rams have a long-simmering rivalry. So for Dean, the Rams beating the 49ers to get into the Super Bowl then winning it in the market he competes with Rams for dominance, it was a bad day.
The Rams winning the Super Bowl is doubly galling for Dean Spanos. Not just because his landlord gets a major boost up on winning the hearts and minds of Los Angeles football fans. He hates the Rams from his childhood. He grew up in Stockton - his family were big 49er fans. Remember, they tried to buy the 49ers first. Dean's father - Alex - placed a bid he thought was fair when the Niners went up for sale in 1977. Owning the 49ers was his dream. But he got out-bid by some other self-made millionaire from Ohio. Buying the Chargers seven years later was a consolation. But the 49ers and Rams have a long-simmering rivalry. So for Dean, the Rams beating the 49ers to get into the Super Bowl then winning it in the market he competes with Rams for dominance, it was a bad day.
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