Los Angeles could host Super Bowl LIV in 2020, provided the city has at least one team in place by that time, according to a report from Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles is a candidate to host 2020 Super Bowl, per report
The nation’s second-biggest city could host a Super Bowl in 2020 if a team relocates to Los Angeles soon.
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That gives the city a one-year clock to get a team in place if it hopes to compete with four other cities for the NFL’s biggest event. Even if a team announced intentions to relocate to Los Angeles, Nick Wagoner of ESPN reports the city would only be a candidate if the team is in a new stadium in the city for the 2018 season. That leaves a lot to be accomplished if Los Angeles hopes to host its first Super Bowl since 1973.
For now, the period to file for relocation is set to open in January 2016, making the timeline for a 2020 Super Bowl tight. It’s unlikely that any construction for a stadium will begin until after a team is in already place, so that leaves less than two years to bring one of the flashy proposals to life in time for the 2018 season.
On Wednesday morning, Peter King of Sports Illustrated wrote that Los Angeles is out of the mix for a Super Bowl for the next six years prior to Farmer’s report. Still, King wrote that the idea of a Super Bowl in Los Angeles isn’t too far from being a reality soon:
The NFL is going to put a team — and maybe two — in the Los Angeles area sometime in in the next year or so. The NFL also wants the Los Angeles area to be in the regular Super Bowl rotation, because of the glitz and the weather and the populace and the desire to make L.A. a major NFL hub.
On Tuesday, the NFL announced that Atlanta, New Orleans, Miami and Tampa Bay will be the finalists for the 2019 and 2020 Super Bowls.
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