Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was clearly relieved to have been involved in a winning Super Bowl bid yesterday, especially after it was mentioned he sunk $450 million of his own money into the project.
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The NFL has been known to reward the cities with newly constructed stadiums, so most football fans anticipated an Atlanta victory in 2019.
National Football League owners voted during a one-day meeting Tuesday in Charlotte to award the 2021 Super Bowl to Los Angeles.
So for the second time in a row, New Orleans – the best place to hold the Super Bowl – is not chosen to play host to the Super Bowl.
The 2019 edition will be played at the Atlanta Falcons’ new US$1.4 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium, scheduled to be completed by the 2017 season. The L.A. bid pulled out for Super Bowl LIV and put all its chips into LV, the first year it was technically allowed to host the event because of league bylaws. As has been the case recently, the host cities have recently gotten new or significantly renovated stadiums.
But the problem with a Super Bowl happening in the New York/New Jersey area, is that so many other things are going on around it.
The game will be played on February 2, 2020.
New Orleans and Tampa also were bidding to host future Super Bowls. Super Bowl LII is slated for Minnesota’s under-construction U.S. Bank Stadium.
Jones also commended Miami and Los Angeles.
Their new stadium, to be built in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, is expected to open in time for the 2019 season.
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In a few years, officials will joyously shut down parts of Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami, turning it into a “Super Bowl city” with week-long activities for ticket-holders and non-ticket-holders alike. With that said, the fact that the Super Bowl is returning to Miami is interesting for the Colts.
