NFL MEETINGS : Super Bowl Sites to Be Selected

The NFL opened its annual March meetings Sunday with an announcement that it will choose the sites for the last three Super Bowls of this century during its May meetings in Dallas.

Among the cities expected to enter bids for either 1997, 1998 or 1999 are Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. A Los Angeles game would be played in the Rose Bowl, San Francisco’s in Stanford Stadium.

NFL sources predicted that one of the three games will be voted to California, one to Florida and possibly one to New Orleans.

The 1994 and 1995 Super Bowls are scheduled for Atlanta and Miami. The 1996 renewal will be awarded to Phoenix today, NFL spokesmen said.

NFL Notes

Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Assn., and one of his attorneys, Jim Quinn, will meet with owners today at 4 p.m. . . . The owners ratified their plans to play a 16-game schedule in 18 weeks this year, with two byes for each club.

Although the regular season overlaps the holidays, there will be nationally televised games both weekends, NFL Vice President Joe Browne said. There will be one game Saturday afternoon, Dec. 25, and one Friday night, Dec. 31.