Pro Bowl Not Returning to Miami Anytime Soon: Back to Hawaii for Two Years

Despite some talk that the Pro Bowl may be played every other year in the same city as the Super Bowl, or find a semi-permanent home in Miami, the NFL announced today that it's headed back to Hawaii for the next two years. One change from this year that seems to have...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

March 2, 2010

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Despite some talk that the Pro Bowl may be played every other year in the same city as the Super Bowl, or find a semi-permanent home in Miami, the NFL announced today that it's headed back to Hawaii for the next two years.

One change from this year that seems to have stuck: the 2011 Pro Bowl will again be played before the Super Bowl.

So maybe we'll see you again one day Pro Bowl, but for right now it's "aloha." Fun fact: Aloha means both "hello" and "goodbye" in Hawaiian, but when you mean "good bye" you put more emphasis on the "ha," and less on the "o." The more you know.

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