Nashville lands first Super Bowl in 2030 at new Nissan Stadium
The NFL's owners officially voted to award Nashville its 1st ever Super Bowl, bringing the sporting calendar's biggest event to Nissan Stadium in 2030.
It's Nashville's turn. The city of Nashville and the Tennessee Titans will officially host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030, bringing America's marquee sporting event and the most-watched televised spectacle every year to Music City for the first time. An honor bestowed on Nashville and the new Nissan Stadium construction project, the game will make Nashville just the 17th metro area to host a Super Bowl .
National Football League owners voted May 19 to approve Nashville as Super Bowl LXIV host at the league meetings in Orlando. Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk was present for the vote, while Titans CEO Burke Nihill and Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp CEO Deana Ivey made one final presentation to the league's owners prior to the vote. "We’re used to doing big events and we do them really, really well," Ivey told The Tennessean prior to the announcement.
"Nashville’s going to be a fantastic city for the Super Bowl. If you think about it, the cities that do the best with the Super Bowl are the cities that people like to visit other times of year. " Nihill emphasized this win positions the city for more world-class events.
"I think this is an opportunity for us to do great things for the city and for the people of our city while it’s here, but then also leave a long tail," Nihill added. "That’s the legacy of Super Bowls is great things are left in the wake of the Super Bowl for schools and local businesses . I look forward to the next few years because we (in Nashville) can do that better than anyone else.
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