Nashville has been selected to host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030. The game will be played at the new Nissan Stadium, bringing the marquee sporting event to the city for the first time. Nashville will become the 17th metro area to host a Super Bowl.
NFL Owners Approve Nashville’s Bid
National Football League owners voted on May 19 to approve Nashville as Super Bowl LXIV host at the league meetings in Orlando. Amy Adams Strunk, Titans controlling owner, attended the vote. Burke Nihill, Titans CEO, and Deana Ivey, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp CEO, presented to the league’s owners before the vote.
Nashville Ready to Host World-Class Events
Ivey said that Nashville is used to doing big events. She added that Nashville would be a fantastic city for the Super Bowl, noting that the cities that do the best with the Super Bowl are the cities that people like to visit other times of year.
Nihill believes this positions the city for more world-class events. He said it is an opportunity to do great things for the city and its people, leaving a long tail for schools and local businesses. Nihill added that the legacy of Super Bowls is great things are left in the wake of the Super Bowl.
Celebrations Planned in Nashville
The city of Nashville will formally announce and celebrate its coronation as a Super Bowl city with a press conference at 9 a.m. on May 20 and a party on Lower Broadway that evening at 7:30 p.m.
Governor Bill Lee, Mayor Freddie O’Connell, former Governor Bill Haslam and NFL Vice President for League Events Peter O’Reilly will join Nihill and Ivey at the press conference. The community celebration will feature live music, a drone show and fireworks, weather permitting.
New Stadium on Track for Completion
New Nissan Stadium construction is scheduled to be completed in Feb. 2027 and open to the Titans’ tenancy that fall. Nashville joins other major cities that have been awarded Super Bowls shortly after completing new stadium projects.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he believed Nashville was just “a stadium away” from hosting a Super Bowl. Nihill pointed to Nashville’s turn hosting the 2019 NFL Draft as a launching point that accelerated the plans.
Nihill said that the biggest events in the world are events that this city would do as well or probably better than any other city. He added that Nashville was a stadium away from being able to host such events.