Los Angeles will host Super Bowl in 2021
The City of Los Angeles will host the Super Bowl in 2021.
The news came in today as Los Angeles was chosen to host for Super Bowl Fifty-Five or LV in 2021.
The game itself will be played at the Los Angeles Rams new stadium being built in Inglewood set to open for play in 2019.
This will be the Super Bowl game in the Los Angeles area since 1993 when Super Bowl XXVIII was played at the Rose Bowl between the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills.
Los Angeles has a rich history of hosting Super Bowls as this city has hosted seven of these events, just third behind Miami and New Orleans who have hosted ten each.
The long absence from hosting is due mainly because the city has lacked a an NFL team since the Rams and Raiders left in 1995.
Without a team or a stadium the NFL kept it’s premier event from being played in Los Angeles until this year when the Rams decided to come back.
Now with the new stadium in Inglewood and a new 22,000 seat soccer specific stadium being built where the Los Angeles Sports Arena sits, the city and area will be bidding to host the premier sporting events.
Locals can expect a bid for future college basketball Final Fours.
The Inglewood Stadium and Los Angeles Coliseum are part of the city’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid.
Los Angeles should feature prominently in a U.S. bid for the 2026 Men’s World Cup.
Also the NHL All Star Game and NBA All Star Game will be played at Staples Center in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
The Super Bowl coming back is just the start as Los Angeles aims to be a global city where sports premier events are hosted.
Atlanta, South Florida, L.A. chosen to host Super Bowls
The NFL announced the locations for Super Bowls LIII, LIV and LV on Tuesday, resulting in a lot of happy folks in Atlanta, South Florida and Los Angeles.
The NFL announced at the Spring League Meeting on Tuesday that Atlanta has won the right to host Super Bowl LIII in 2019. It will be the third time they host the game and the first Super Bowl in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is under construction and scheduled to open as the new home of the Falcons in 2017.
"We think Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a great host stadium for the Super Bowl," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said. "Thank you to all fans and citizens for their support."
The 2020 Super Bowl will mark a return to South Florida for the first time in a decade. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross poured in more than $400 million in renovations to get the big game back in town, and he was rewarded by his fellow owners for the upgrades.
"The only thing better than winning the 2020 Super Bowl is playing in it and winning it," Ross told reporters after the selection.
It came as no surprise that the Super Bowl LV in 2021 will take place in Los Angeles. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell previously called the plans for the new Rams stadium to be "transformational, not just for the Rams, not just for the Los Angeles community but for the NFL."
Super Bowl LV could be one of many major NFL events to come to Los Angeles, with the Scouting Combine or NFL draft as future possibilities, too.
New Orleans was in the running to host Super Bowl LIII and the vote on Tuesday came down to Atlanta and their division rivals. But the league rewarded the Falcons for building a new stadium, instead of awarding an 11th Super Bowl to New Orleans. Tampa Bay was also in the mix for all three Super Bowls, but were left out in the cold. NFL owners already determined the sites for Super Bowl LI (NRG Stadium, Houston) and Super Bowl LII (U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis).
The message is clear from NFL ownership. Build a stadium (or fix one up) and the Super Bowl will come to town.
Pro Football Hall of Fame: What Took So Long to Enshrine Kevin Greene?
Kevin Greene was one of the most prolific sack artists in the history of the NFL, and with Lawrence Taylor, paved the way for the pass-rushing linebackers of today. So what took so long to get him into the Hall of Fame?
The 2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame class contains some of the biggest names in the recent history of the NFL. Brett Favre, arguably the best quarterback in the history of the game, goes in as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Marvin Harrison goes in on his third year of eligibility as one of the best, and most underrated, wide receivers of all time. Eddie Debartolo, Jr. goes in as a contributor, being the mastermind behind the great 49ers teams of the 1980’s and 90’s.
However, one name stands out above the rest to me and that is Kevin Greene. During his career in the NFL, Greene racked up 160 sacks, a number which is good for third-most all-time (since the league made individual sacks an official statistic in 1982).
Greene was able to achieve double-digit sacks in 10 of his 15 seasons in the NFL and fell one sack short in 1995 of making it 11. What’s more impressive, however, is that with that one sack Greene would have had eight straight seasons of double-digit sacks after turning 30.
What Greene was able to achieve in the NFL after turning 30, the age that many consider the start of the back-end of your career, is nothing short of historic. Greene is the oldest player in NFL history to lead the league in sacks, with 14.5 at the age of 34. His four seasons of double-digit sacks after turning 34 is also an NFL record. Remarkably, the man just got better with age.
Greene’s accomplishments on the field earned him many accolades off it, which should have made him a shoe-in for enshrinement much earlier in the process.
He was a five-time Pro Bowl participant and is the only player to be named to All-Pro team three times with three different teams (1989 with the Los Angeles Rams, 1994 with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and 1996 with the Carolina Panthers).
Greene was also named a member of the first team All-90’s team as voted on by the very people who vote for the Hall of Fame. Of the non-special teams players to receive that honor, only tackle Tony Boselli, safety Steve Atwater (who in my opinion should also be in the Hall, but that is a discussion for another time), and LeRoy Butler have been left out of Canton.
In spite of the historic numbers Greene put up as a pass-rushing linebacker, it would be unfair to ignore his contributions in the other facets of the game. Greene was far from a “one-trick pony” during his 15-year career in the NFL. Greene is also tied for second in career safeties (3), and third all-time in fumble recoveries with 26. He also added five interceptionsr, returning one of them for a touchdown. Greene was a linebacker and he had all the responsibilities of the position.
One of the knocks on Greene may be that he never won a Super Bowl while he was an active NFL player. In 1995, Greene was the driving force behind a great Steelers defense who made Super Bowl XXX against the Dallas Cowboys, but the Cowboys would ultimately prevail. However, it should be noted that Greene did go on to win a Super Bowl as an assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers in 2010. Ironically, the Packers beat Greene’s old team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, that year.
But the case for Greene’s enshrinement goes beyond just the numbers he put up on the field, it is about the profound impact he has had on the game going forward. He, along with fellow Hall of Fame LB Lawrence Taylor, paved the way for the elite pass-rushing linebackers you see in the NFL today. Were it not for the contributions of Greene and company, you likely wouldn’t have sack artists like Von Miller and Khalil Mack leaving their mark on today’s game.
There are 64 players in the Hall of Fame that played either the defensive line or linebacker positions, and Greene has more sacks than all but two of those players, yet it took to Greene’s 13th–year of eligibility to finally achieve enshrinement. If a player of his caliber has to wait more than a decade to get in, is there a flaw in the voting process? I think the answer is very clearly yes.
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The City of Los Angeles will host the Super Bowl in 2021.
The news came in today as Los Angeles was chosen to host for Super Bowl Fifty-Five or LV in 2021.
The game itself will be played at the Los Angeles Rams new stadium being built in Inglewood set to open for play in 2019.
This will be the Super Bowl game in the Los Angeles area since 1993 when Super Bowl XXVIII was played at the Rose Bowl between the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills.
Los Angeles has a rich history of hosting Super Bowls as this city has hosted seven of these events, just third behind Miami and New Orleans who have hosted ten each.
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Without a team or a stadium the NFL kept it’s premier event from being played in Los Angeles until this year when the Rams decided to come back.
Now with the new stadium in Inglewood and a new 22,000 seat soccer specific stadium being built where the Los Angeles Sports Arena sits, the city and area will be bidding to host the premier sporting events.
Locals can expect a bid for future college basketball Final Fours.
The Inglewood Stadium and Los Angeles Coliseum are part of the city’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid.
Los Angeles should feature prominently in a U.S. bid for the 2026 Men’s World Cup.
Also the NHL All Star Game and NBA All Star Game will be played at Staples Center in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
The Super Bowl coming back is just the start as Los Angeles aims to be a global city where sports premier events are hosted.
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The NFL announced at the Spring League Meeting on Tuesday that Atlanta has won the right to host Super Bowl LIII in 2019. It will be the third time they host the game and the first Super Bowl in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is under construction and scheduled to open as the new home of the Falcons in 2017.
"We think Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a great host stadium for the Super Bowl," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said. "Thank you to all fans and citizens for their support."
The 2020 Super Bowl will mark a return to South Florida for the first time in a decade. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross poured in more than $400 million in renovations to get the big game back in town, and he was rewarded by his fellow owners for the upgrades.
"The only thing better than winning the 2020 Super Bowl is playing in it and winning it," Ross told reporters after the selection.
It came as no surprise that the Super Bowl LV in 2021 will take place in Los Angeles. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell previously called the plans for the new Rams stadium to be "transformational, not just for the Rams, not just for the Los Angeles community but for the NFL."
Super Bowl LV could be one of many major NFL events to come to Los Angeles, with the Scouting Combine or NFL draft as future possibilities, too.
New Orleans was in the running to host Super Bowl LIII and the vote on Tuesday came down to Atlanta and their division rivals. But the league rewarded the Falcons for building a new stadium, instead of awarding an 11th Super Bowl to New Orleans. Tampa Bay was also in the mix for all three Super Bowls, but were left out in the cold. NFL owners already determined the sites for Super Bowl LI (NRG Stadium, Houston) and Super Bowl LII (U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis).
The message is clear from NFL ownership. Build a stadium (or fix one up) and the Super Bowl will come to town.
Pro Football Hall of Fame: What Took So Long to Enshrine Kevin Greene?
The 2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame class contains some of the biggest names in the recent history of the NFL. Brett Favre, arguably the best quarterback in the history of the game, goes in as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Marvin Harrison goes in on his third year of eligibility as one of the best, and most underrated, wide receivers of all time. Eddie Debartolo, Jr. goes in as a contributor, being the mastermind behind the great 49ers teams of the 1980’s and 90’s.
However, one name stands out above the rest to me and that is Kevin Greene. During his career in the NFL, Greene racked up 160 sacks, a number which is good for third-most all-time (since the league made individual sacks an official statistic in 1982).
Greene was able to achieve double-digit sacks in 10 of his 15 seasons in the NFL and fell one sack short in 1995 of making it 11. What’s more impressive, however, is that with that one sack Greene would have had eight straight seasons of double-digit sacks after turning 30.
What Greene was able to achieve in the NFL after turning 30, the age that many consider the start of the back-end of your career, is nothing short of historic. Greene is the oldest player in NFL history to lead the league in sacks, with 14.5 at the age of 34. His four seasons of double-digit sacks after turning 34 is also an NFL record. Remarkably, the man just got better with age.
Greene’s accomplishments on the field earned him many accolades off it, which should have made him a shoe-in for enshrinement much earlier in the process.
He was a five-time Pro Bowl participant and is the only player to be named to All-Pro team three times with three different teams (1989 with the Los Angeles Rams, 1994 with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and 1996 with the Carolina Panthers).
Greene was also named a member of the first team All-90’s team as voted on by the very people who vote for the Hall of Fame. Of the non-special teams players to receive that honor, only tackle Tony Boselli, safety Steve Atwater (who in my opinion should also be in the Hall, but that is a discussion for another time), and LeRoy Butler have been left out of Canton.
In spite of the historic numbers Greene put up as a pass-rushing linebacker, it would be unfair to ignore his contributions in the other facets of the game. Greene was far from a “one-trick pony” during his 15-year career in the NFL. Greene is also tied for second in career safeties (3), and third all-time in fumble recoveries with 26. He also added five interceptionsr, returning one of them for a touchdown. Greene was a linebacker and he had all the responsibilities of the position.
One of the knocks on Greene may be that he never won a Super Bowl while he was an active NFL player. In 1995, Greene was the driving force behind a great Steelers defense who made Super Bowl XXX against the Dallas Cowboys, but the Cowboys would ultimately prevail. However, it should be noted that Greene did go on to win a Super Bowl as an assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers in 2010. Ironically, the Packers beat Greene’s old team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, that year.
But the case for Greene’s enshrinement goes beyond just the numbers he put up on the field, it is about the profound impact he has had on the game going forward. He, along with fellow Hall of Fame LB Lawrence Taylor, paved the way for the elite pass-rushing linebackers you see in the NFL today. Were it not for the contributions of Greene and company, you likely wouldn’t have sack artists like Von Miller and Khalil Mack leaving their mark on today’s game.
There are 64 players in the Hall of Fame that played either the defensive line or linebacker positions, and Greene has more sacks than all but two of those players, yet it took to Greene’s 13th–year of eligibility to finally achieve enshrinement. If a player of his caliber has to wait more than a decade to get in, is there a flaw in the voting process? I think the answer is very clearly yes.
