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The Super Bowl LXIV soundtrack will sound like Nashville, Tennessee, as 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 and Major Events Committee and a full ownership vote.
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 biggest fan events in our history,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “Super Bowl LXIV in 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 tremendous partners at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. We look forward to putting on an unforgettable spectacle in 2030.”
This could be the most important event for Nashville sports since the Music City Miracle in January 2000. And it happened because the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville in 1997.
Since then, the place has evolved a lot.
Nashville and the renamed Tennessee Titans are building a new $2.1 billion stadium, scheduled to open in time for the 2027 season. The new Nissan Stadium will be operational for its third season as it is scheduled to 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 very complimentary of the franchise’s facilities and even hinted that a Super Bowl could be held in Nashville one day.
Now we know this is happening.
“Hosting the Super Bowl is a defining moment for Nashville and Tennessee and reflects years of work to make Music City a globally recognized destination for music, entertainment and live events,” Deana Ivey, president and CEO of Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp., said in a statement.
“This event is an incredible opportunity to showcase the dynamic and creative character of Nashville 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 will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on February 14, 2027. Super Bowl LXII will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta 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 hold the 2028 NFL Draft in Minneapolis.
View of construction on the 200 level looking south at the new Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee on March 3, 2025. (Mark Zaleski/The Tennessean Network/USA TODAY)
Minnesota’s bid focused on the major event at US Bank Stadium. The Twin Cities will host other parts of the draft festivities at the Mall of America and other sites.
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After leaving Radio City Music Hall and the Marriott Marquis in New York before that, the draft was held twice in Chicago, then in Philadelphia, Dallas, Nashville, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Detroit, Green Bay and Pittsburgh. Next year’s draft will be held in Washington, D.C.
Pittsburgh set an NFL Draft attendance record in April, when 775,000 people attended the three-day event. Next year’s draft in the nation’s capital is expected to set a new record.
