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The soundtrack to Super Bowl LXIV will have a twang in Nashville, Tenn., because the NFL on Tuesday awarded the place known as Music City its biggest event — the championship game to be played in February 2030.
The announcement was made at the NFL Spring League Meeting in Orlando following a review of the proposal by the NFL’s Fan Engagement & Major Events Committee and a vote by full ownership.
Owners voted 32-0 to approve the Music City Super Bowl.
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“The 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville was one of the great fan events in our history,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “Super Bowl LXIV at the new stadium is the next step in this remarkable football journey. The vision of Amy Adams Strunk and the Tennessee Titans helped make this moment possible, along with our amazing partners at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. We can’t wait to put on an unforgettable show in 2030.”
This might be the biggest thing for Nashville sports since the Music City Miracle in January 2000. And it happened because the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville in 1997.
The place has come a long way since then.
Nashville and the renamed Tennessee Titans are in the process of building a new $2.1 billion stadium, which is scheduled to open in time for the 2027 season. The new Nissan Stadium will be in operation for its third season when it will host Super Bowl LXIV to culminate the 2029 season (played in February 2030).
During what was billed as the Steel Topping Out ceremony at the new Nissan Stadium in November, Goodell was highly complimentary of the franchise’s facility and even hinted that a Super Bowl could be coming to Nashville one day.
Now we know it happens.
“Hosting the Super Bowl is a defining moment for Nashville and Tennessee and reflects years of work to build Music City into a globally recognized destination for music, entertainment and live events,” the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. said. President & CEO Deana Ivey in a statement.
“This event is an incredible opportunity to showcase Nashville’s dynamic and creative character to a global audience and deliver a Super Bowl experience that is distinctly Music City, where music, sports, culture and hospitality come together in a way that few cities can match.”
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Super Bowl LXI is set for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on February 14, 2027. Super Bowl LXII will be played at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 13, 2028.
And then Las Vegas will host Super Bowl LXIII in February 2029 with a date to be determined later.
NFL owners also voted Tuesday to approve holding the 2028 NFL Draft in Minneapolis.
The view of construction on the 200 level looking south at the new Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on March 3, 2025. (Mark Zaleski/The Tennessean/USA TODAY NETWORK)
The Minnesota bid was focused on the big event at US Bank Stadium. The Twin Cities will hold other parts of the draft festivities at the Mall of America and elsewhere.
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After leaving New York City’s Radio City Music Hall and the Marriott Marquis before that, the draft was in Chicago twice, and then in Philadelphia, Dallas, Nashville, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Detroit, Green Bay and Pittsburgh. Next year’s draft will be in Washington, DC
Pittsburgh set an NFL Draft attendance record in April when 775,000 people attended the three-day event. The draft next year in the nation’s capital is expected to set a new record.
