The NFL is poised to set future locations for two of its top events at its spring meeting this week in Orlando.
League owners, meeting Tuesday in central Florida, are likely to approve Nashville as the host city for Super Bowl LXIV in 2030, according to industry sources and multiple reports. The selection of the Titans’ home market, initially reported by the NFL Network, will help herald the new $2.1 billion Nissan Stadium, set to open next year, and it will be the first time the NFL’s biggest event is held in Music City.
That forthcoming domed facility was supported in part by $1.26 billion in public funding, and the choice continues a long-held league practice of rewarding cities with new stadiums—particularly those aided with taxpayer funds—with a Super Bowl hosting slot. Nashville, meanwhile, drew 600,000 fans when it hosted the NFL Draft in 2019, beginning a run of attendance records for that event that reached another peak this year with 805,000 attending in Pittsburgh.
Expanded Schedule in Play?
What’s unknown with the Nashville Super Bowl, however, is the exact date of that game. The league is still considering a move to an 18-game schedule, something that needs approval from the NFL Players Association, which is reluctant at best on this issue. That would, in turn, alter the date of the Super Bowl, and because of the uncertainty around the 18-game regular season, there aren’t firm dates yet either for Super Bowl LXII in 2028 in Atlanta or Super Bowl LXIII in 2029 in Las Vegas.
