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Report: Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Atlanta finalists for 2019 and 2020 Super Bowls
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on May 19, 2015
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The Super Bowl is returning to the Southeast. The only remaining question is which cities will host the NFL’s championship game.
According to Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald, four cities – Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Atlanta – have been invited to bid for the right to host the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Super Bowl.
Miami and Atlanta have to be considered favorites with a renovation of Sun Life Stadium in Miami in progress and a new stadium being built to replace the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The NFL has awarded the Super Bowl to cities with new stadiums in recent years, including Indianapolis, New York/New Jersey, Santa Clara and Minneapolis.
Miami and New Orleans have each hosted the Super Bowl 10 times. Tampa Bay has hosted four Super Bowls while Atlanta has hosted two.
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/20/nfl-extra-point-new-rule-passes/
Future Super Bowls. Of all the factoids that surfaced at the NFL spring meetings Monday, this one emerged unnoticed but may be the most surprising long-term: Los Angeles will not host a Super Bowl for at least six years. The next three Super Bowls have been awarded to Santa Clara, Houston and Minnesota. Late Tuesday, four markets—South Florida, Tampa Bay, New Orleans and Atlanta—were told they’d be able to bid for Super Bowls in 2019 and 2020. That means the next Super Bowl eligible to be played somewhere in greater Los Angeles will be the 2021 game.
Not a shock, but a surprise. The NFL is going to put a team—and maybe two—in the Los Angeles area sometime in in the next year or so. The NFL also wants the Los Angeles area to be in the regular Super Bowl rotation, because of the glitz and the weather and the populace and the desire to make L.A. a major NFL hub. Why did this happen? Well, a couple of reasons. New Orleans desperately wanted a Super Bowl in the last round of bidding. South Florida last hosted a Super Bowl in 2010, and the area has always been in the Super Bowl rotation. It’s been 15 years since Atlanta hosted a Super Bowl. The curious pick in this group is Tampa, which hosted a Super Bowl in 2009. I would have thought Los Angeles would have gotten the nod before Tampa. - Peter King
Report: Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Atlanta finalists for 2019 and 2020 Super Bowls
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on May 19, 2015
The Super Bowl is returning to the Southeast. The only remaining question is which cities will host the NFL’s championship game.
According to Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald, four cities – Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Atlanta – have been invited to bid for the right to host the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Super Bowl.
Miami and Atlanta have to be considered favorites with a renovation of Sun Life Stadium in Miami in progress and a new stadium being built to replace the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The NFL has awarded the Super Bowl to cities with new stadiums in recent years, including Indianapolis, New York/New Jersey, Santa Clara and Minneapolis.
Miami and New Orleans have each hosted the Super Bowl 10 times. Tampa Bay has hosted four Super Bowls while Atlanta has hosted two.
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/20/nfl-extra-point-new-rule-passes/
Future Super Bowls. Of all the factoids that surfaced at the NFL spring meetings Monday, this one emerged unnoticed but may be the most surprising long-term: Los Angeles will not host a Super Bowl for at least six years. The next three Super Bowls have been awarded to Santa Clara, Houston and Minnesota. Late Tuesday, four markets—South Florida, Tampa Bay, New Orleans and Atlanta—were told they’d be able to bid for Super Bowls in 2019 and 2020. That means the next Super Bowl eligible to be played somewhere in greater Los Angeles will be the 2021 game.
Not a shock, but a surprise. The NFL is going to put a team—and maybe two—in the Los Angeles area sometime in in the next year or so. The NFL also wants the Los Angeles area to be in the regular Super Bowl rotation, because of the glitz and the weather and the populace and the desire to make L.A. a major NFL hub. Why did this happen? Well, a couple of reasons. New Orleans desperately wanted a Super Bowl in the last round of bidding. South Florida last hosted a Super Bowl in 2010, and the area has always been in the Super Bowl rotation. It’s been 15 years since Atlanta hosted a Super Bowl. The curious pick in this group is Tampa, which hosted a Super Bowl in 2009. I would have thought Los Angeles would have gotten the nod before Tampa. - Peter King
