Atlanta, Miami, LA Secure Future Super Bowls

If you live somewhere warm, you’re in the running. If you’re building a new stadium, you’re in the running. If you have both, you’re pretty much a shoo-in. Such is the case for residents of Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles today, whose football stadiums have secured the rights to host Super Bowls LIII, LIV and LV respectively.

The city of Atlanta has hosted the Super Bowl twice before, but it’s next coup will be the first in the slick, new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, set to be the home of the Falcons to commence the 2017 season. The stadium will boast a maximum capacity of 71,000 when configured for a football game – a fairly modest number as far as Super Bowls go – along with a pinwheel retractable roof that opens up to reveal a circle of LED screens, giving you a great look into the game no matter where you’re sitting.

Miami has hosted the Super Bowl a whopping ten times, but it took over $400 million in stadium renovations by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross to bring the big game back to South Beach. The fix-ups include giant screens high up in the four corners of the field and a rectangular roof that, while an eyesore, will provide much-needed relief from the harsh Florida sun.

Los Angeles is no shocker, either. With the return of the Rams this offseason came a promise to unveil a state-of-the-art stadium in downtown Los Angeles by 2019. Whether owner Stan Kroenke will end up financing the project himself or get help from another intrigued owner is yet to be decided, but perhaps scoring a slice of the Super Bowl pie could be enough to earn him a new neighbour. LA has hosted the event seven times, but will get the game back for the first time since 1993.

The NFL has already decided locations for the two upcoming Super Bowls. Houston’s NRG Stadium and Minnesota’s brand new U.S. Bank Stadium will host Super Bowl LI and LII respectively.