BOSTON (AP) - If the Patriots beat the New York Giants in the Super Bowl, Boston Mayor Tom Menino said the victory parade would likely be held on the same day Massachusetts holds its presidential primary election.

The mayor, while stressing that he did not want to "jinx" the Patriots by mentioning the possibility of a parade prior to the game, tells The Boston Globe there would be little choice but to hold the event on "Super Tuesday."

The team would not arrive back in time to have a parade on Monday. But Wednesday would be too late, because a number of players including quarterback Tom Brady are scheduled to leave that day for the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

Holding the parade on the same day as the primary would pose a number of logistical concerns. The city is required to assign a police officer to all 254 voting precincts, but hundreds more police officers would be required for crowd control during a parade.

City officials would map a parade route that would skirt polling places so that voters would not compete with exuberant football fans.