college football playoff announces sites for national
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2017 CONTACT: Gina Lehe, 469-262-5200
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ANNOUNCES SITES FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FROM 2021-2024 Four communities complete “ten in ten:” Miami-South Florida in 2021; Indianapolis in 2022; Los Angeles in 2023; Houston in 2024 ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS – Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff (CFP), announced today that the CFP’s Management Committee has selected four more communities to host the national championship games. They are: 2021: 2022: 2023: 2024:
Miami-South Florida (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida) Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana) Los Angeles (Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, Inglewood, California) Houston (NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas)
“When we created the playoff, we said we wanted to move the national championship game around,” Hancock said. “We have done that. We call it ‘ten in ten’—ten different communities will have hosted the national championship game in the first ten years of the playoff. The CFP National Championship is one of the most popular sporting events in the United States and we’re proud to bring the game to fans in different regions of the country. “Each of the four cities chosen met or exceeded our standards for selection,” Hancock continued. “Each has a first-class stadium that our fans will enjoy, a great convention center, excellent hotels for teams and fans, and the communities have successful track records of hosting major events. Each city also has wonderful, supportive people who we rely on to host a successful game.” The following are the communities in which the first six national championship games of the playoff era have been played or are scheduled to be played: 2015: 2016: 2017: 2018: 2019: 2020:
North Texas (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas) Arizona (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona) Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida) Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia) Bay Area (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California) New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana)
For more information on the CFP, visit www.collegefootballplayoff.com. -30About the College Football Playoff The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 seed vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual and PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. This season’s semifinals will take place Monday, January 1, 2018, at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual and the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The national championship game will be Monday, January 8, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ANNOUNCES SITES FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FROM 2021-2024 Four communities complete “ten in ten:” Miami-South Florida in 2021; Indianapolis in 2022; Los Angeles in 2023; Houston in 2024 ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS – Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff (CFP), announced today that the CFP’s Management Committee has selected four more communities to host the national championship games. They are: 2021: 2022: 2023: 2024:
Miami-South Florida (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida) Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana) Los Angeles (Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, Inglewood, California) Houston (NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas)
“When we created the playoff, we said we wanted to move the national championship game around,” Hancock said. “We have done that. We call it ‘ten in ten’—ten different communities will have hosted the national championship game in the first ten years of the playoff. The CFP National Championship is one of the most popular sporting events in the United States and we’re proud to bring the game to fans in different regions of the country. “Each of the four cities chosen met or exceeded our standards for selection,” Hancock continued. “Each has a first-class stadium that our fans will enjoy, a great convention center, excellent hotels for teams and fans, and the communities have successful track records of hosting major events. Each city also has wonderful, supportive people who we rely on to host a successful game.” The following are the communities in which the first six national championship games of the playoff era have been played or are scheduled to be played: 2015: 2016: 2017: 2018: 2019: 2020:
North Texas (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas) Arizona (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona) Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida) Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia) Bay Area (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California) New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana)
For more information on the CFP, visit www.collegefootballplayoff.com. -30About the College Football Playoff The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 seed vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual and PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. This season’s semifinals will take place Monday, January 1, 2018, at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual and the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The national championship game will be Monday, January 8, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
