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Bill Plaschke: Welcome back, Super Bowl. L.A. is where you belong

Hey, Super Bowl! Welcome home. Hey, you big kooky lug of a rollicking national celebration disguised as a football game! Great to have you back. You were born in Los Angeles. You grew up here. You never should have left here. You belong here. You spent seven different occasions here, some Coliseum, some Rose Bowl, always Hollywood. It was here you set a record for attendance. It was here you ...

Hey, Super Bowl!

Welcome home.

Hey, you big kooky lug of a rollicking national celebration disguised as a football game!

Great to have you back.

You were born in Los Angeles. You grew up here. You never should have left here. You belong here.

You spent seven different occasions here, some Coliseum, some Rose Bowl, always Hollywood. It was here you set a record for attendance. It was here you watched New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms become the first person to shout, "I'm Going To Disney World." And, yeah, of course it was here that a halftime show was performed by Michael Jackson.

Welcome, welcome. Come on in. We know it's different now. We understand. But put away those $10,000 tickets and gold-plated party passes for a sec and make yourself

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