If the streak continues for another three seasons, the Vikings will have an opportunity to become the first team to win the Super Bowl in its home stadium.
Good luck, Vikings. Chances are you're going to need it in the months leading up to Super Bowl LII, which will be held in Minneapolis in 2018, the NFL decided in a vote of 32 owners in Atlanta moments ago.
No team has played a Super Bowl in its own stadium. In fact, the host city's team has made it past the first round of the playoffs only three times and has never advanced beyond the divisional playoff round.
Here's a closer look at how Super Bowl hosting teams have done the year they've hosted the big game:
Years with a losing record: 26.
New Orleans has had a losing record nine times as the host city. The worst was 1980: The "Aints" went 1-15.
Years with a winning record: 11.
Miami has done it five times. Best record: 11-5 in 1978.