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Report: Los Angeles likely to host Super Bowl in 2020 or 2021

Rams owner Stan Kroenke

It’s expected that the new Los Angeles Rams stadium in Inglewood is going to be a cash cow for both the team and the NFL.

Likely prepared to play in what will end up being a $2.7 billion stadium in time for the 2019 season, the Rams obviously had the feeling that a Super Bowl would be in the stadium’s future when deciding to relocate from St. Louis.

Now comes this report from the Los Angeles Times indicating that league owners will vote on where the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Super Bowls will be held during a meeting in May.

Due to NFL rules, the Inglewood venue isn’t able to host the Super Bowl until it has hosted a team for at least one season. We saw this take hold with the league holding off on Levi’s Stadium hosting a Super Bowl until following this past season, its second in existence.

This leaves 2020 and 2021 as the two likeliest options for Inglewood.

The very same Times report tells us a story of Los Angeles likely winning one of those bids. And in reality, that’s exactly what the Rams are expecting.

“We began discussions with local leaders almost immediately after the vote on how to bring the Super Bowl to Los Angeles,” Rams executive vice president of football operations Kevin Demoff said. “We’ve continued those discussions with the NFL, and we’re excited by the opportunity to bid for either 2020 or 2021.”

It goes without saying that Los Angeles will be the overwhelming favorite to earn the right to host the Super Bowl in 2020.

Not only is the new stadium expected to be the most glamorous venue in North America, Los Angeles itself has not hosted a Super Bowl since January of 1993 when the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills.

NFL rules prohibit cities that don’t house a NFL team to host the big game. Los Angeles has been without a professional team since 1995.

Atlanta, Miami and Tampa Bay will also be under consideration when owners vote in May.

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