2030 Super Bowl ‘signed and ready to go’ in new $2.1 billion, 60,000-seater stadium

The 2023 Super Bowl could be heading to Nashville, Tennessee.

That’s what long-time sportscaster Dan Patrick believes will happen anyway.

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The former SportsCenter host reported that a source had revealed to him that the plan was for Nashville to get the opportunity to host the 2030 Super Bowl, just weeks after Las Vegas was announced as the host venue for LXIII (2029) at the NFL League Owners Meetings.

“The 2030 Super Bowl, I was informed by a source on Saturday, that it is signed and ready to go, in his opinion, that Nashville is getting the 2030 Super Bowl,” Patrick said on his eponymous show on Monday.

“I haven’t seen any reports on this, and if there is a report on it, I’ll acknowledge that, but this is what I was told on Saturday. … Vegas is getting the 2029 Super Bowl. … Nashville will get the 2030 Super Bowl. Again, they got a new stadium coming in, that always helps.”

In order to try and get more concrete information on these rumors, WSMV4 reached out to Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connells office, to which they received a response.

“We joined a large coalition with a letter of support for the idea of hosting a Super Bowl in Nashville. We have not been advised by the league of Nashville’s selection or any potential dates,” Deputy communications director and press secretary Alex Apple responded.

So, what’s the catch?

In order to host a Super Bowl, there are eight main criteria that need to be met.

This include stadium capacity, status as an NFL market, ample room for the NFL Gameday Experience, a minimum of 35,000 parking spaces within one mile of the stadium, hotel space which equates to approximately 35 percent of the stadium’s capacity within an hour’s drive of the host venue.

They must also haver comparable practice space for both teams within 20 minutes of their hotels, and requisite media and electrical amenities.

Furthermore, outdoor stadiums must have an average gameday temperature of 50 degrees or higher, while cooler locations must have an indoor stadium.

Fortunately for Nashville, they are expected to open the doors on their $2.1 billion, 60,000-seat enclosed new Nissan Stadium next summer.

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Despite it having a smaller capacity than the 69,000 at the current stadium, and donning a ‘cookie cutter’ design which has left fans disappointed, the new Nissan Stadium it is set to be a huge upgrade.

Last month, Peter O’Reilly, NFL EVP of events, international and club business was asked outright about the possibility of Nashville one day hosting the Super Bowl.

So, we obviously [had] heads down for the Super Bowl for 2029,” O’Reilly said on March 30. “Now, we wake up tomorrow morning and think about 2030 and that process.

“We will move on that process pretty quickly over this next stretch, but nothing to report. Obviously, we’re excited about Nashville as a city and the [new] stadium but nothing to specifically talk about in terms of 2030.”

Riley added that because in 2030 the Titans’ new stadium would have been open for three years, this “falls within the window that could be viable” as a host.

With Vegas set to host their second Super Bowl in a five-year span in 2029, having also hosted in 2024 and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California taking center stage in 2027, having last hosted in 2022, all signs points in the direction that the NFL are entering a rotation of host cities, which also includes New Orleans and Miami.

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“We don’t have any formal rotation,” O’Reilly added. “We really take it a year at a time, evaluate cities. Every summer we have an expression of interest out to all 32 clubs, and they let us know what events, Super Bowl and otherwise, they are interested in. …

“We and the membership are not in a rotation mode. It is really identifying: What is the right city at the right time?”

Titans President and Chief Executive Office Burke Nihill has hopes to join that unofficial rotation, though.

“The goal for us is to not just get a Super Bowl,” Nihill said. “But when we get it, to do such a great job that … they want to bring it back again as soon as they can.”

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