The NFL also decided on host sites for Super Bowl LIII (2019) and LIV (2020) with Atlanta getting the nod for 2019 and South Florida for 2020. The Rams will play at the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium until a new stadium opens in Inglewood.
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The host cities were announced after a vote at the annual National Football League owners meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Los Angeles hosted the first Super Bowl in 1967 but has not staged the the game since the 1993 edition at the Pasadena Rose Bowl.
The game will be played at the Rams’ $1.86 billion stadium, which is scheduled to open in 2019 at the former site of Hollywood Park racetrack.
Atlanta has previously played host to two Super Bowls, Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994, and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000.
“The Tampa Bay area has distinguished itself as a top Super Bowl host over the years”, Bucs co-chair Bryan Glazer said in a statement. “And we are only going to feel better when we’re playing in the game”.
2020 was awarded to South Florida and 2021 to Los Angeles.
Local businesses like Dulan’s Soul Food Kitchen is one of many businesses that may benefit from the flood of football fans not only to Rams games, but also the Super Bowl. While the Super Bowl will be held in Inglewood, other official and unofficial events will be hosted throughout the region.
Miami’s Sun Life Stadium is undergoing a $400 million renovation that includes a massive 672,000-foot shade canopy, new scoreboards and luxury seating.
Here is a list of the next five Super Bowl games-the last three were named today. Super Bowl LII is slated for Minnesota’s under-construction U.S. Bank Stadium.
Atlanta has an abundance of hotel rooms and plenty of experience hosting big events, including the 1996 Summer Olympics.
“The facts are indisputable”, he said. The next two will be played in Houston and Minneapolis.
As for Tom Benson, it’s pretty clear where he thinks the Super Bowl belongs.
On Tuesday, the league finalized the locations for Super Bowls through 2021.
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It’s the second straight Superdome bid to come up short after the city’s first ten attempts were all accepted.
