Although the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play in this year s Super Bowl on their home turf, the team’s ownership the Glazer family has deep ties on the opposite coast of Florida in Palm Beach.
With their 31-26 win Sunday over the Green Bay Packers, the Bucs will face the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, the first time a Super Bowl team will compete on its home turf.
The Bucs last won the Super Bowl in 2003, eight years after the late billionaire Malcolm Glazer, the family’s patriarch, paid $192 million for the NFL franchise in Tampa. Along with serving as president and CEO of the Bucs, Glazer acquired England’s Manchester United soccer team by buying out its shareholders between 2003 and 2005.