Tuesday it was the city that is home to the Saints’ biggest rival – Atlanta. “It’s like accepting an Academy Award – you don’t know where to start, and you’re going to leave off some people”.
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It being new stadiums – or vastly improved existing ones.
“We have had 10 Super Bowls and they have been successful”. Atlanta is constructing the $1.4 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is set to open in the summer of 2017.
Their new 80,000-seat, glass-roofed stadium, to be built in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood on the site previously occupied by Hollywood Park race track, is expected to open in time for the 2019 season.
The Chargers have an option to join the Rams in L.A. but chose to remain in San Diego for at least one more season, pending the outcome of a stadium-financing vote there.
Los Angeles should feature prominently in a USA bid for the 2026 Men’s World Cup. Los Angeles last hosted the Super Bowl in 1993.
The biggest football game of the year will kick-off in Inglewood in 2021.
Being a native Long Islander, I took a trip to Super Bowl Boulevard and attended the Super Bowl XLVIII festivities taking place in Times Square back in 2014.
Stan Kroenke acquired the go signal to transfer the Rams from St. Louis to Los Angeles by proposing a plan for an outstanding stadium to National Football League owners.
Rams CEO Kevin Demoff was ecstatic.
On the flip side, the Buccaneers expressed dismay after Tampa was passed over. With the announcement of the awarding of the Super Bowl here we became an global city, Butts said. “While today’s decision is disappointing, we remain confident that our area will remain a strong contender for future consideration”, Buccaneers co-chairman Bryan Glazer said. We would also like to thank everyone that contributed in making our bid one of the best.
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The league had previously announced that the championship game would be held in Houston next year and in Minneapolis in 2018.
