NFL directly challenges Nashville to make Super Bowl LXIV a “Game Changer” for the Super Bowl, Nashville “won’t do it once”
The city of Nashville changed the NFL Draft forever in 2019 and the expectations for the Super Bowl in February 2030, in the new stadium, are even bigger.
The NFL sent a direct challenge to the people of Nashville, and Tennesseans state wide to make this Super Bowl a ‘game changer’ for the Super Bowl just like the city did for the NFL Draft in 2019.
Peter O’Reilly, Executive Vice President, Club Business, International & League Events, was second to the podium microphone following Nashville resident Jim Nantz at Wednesday morning’s press conference at Nissan Stadium.
O’Reilly said out loud what we all knew. The city of Nashville changed the NFL Draft forever in 2019 and the expectations for the Super Bowl in February 2030, in the new stadium, are even bigger.
NFL Executive Vice President challenges the people of Nashville and Tennessee for Super Bowl expectations
“I can say that 2019 NFL draft was a game changer for the draft, that was a game changer for the National Football League,” O’Reilly told Nashville media Wednesday. “That sea of humanity that Jim (Nantz) described, that energy, that special sauce that came to life for the world to see in 2019 made a major impact.”
“We had an incredible Thursday night, we had an incredible Friday, an incredible Saturday, and the bar was reset for the NFL draft,” O’Reilly continued. “That moment was big, and when, as I look ahead to 2030 I do think Super Bowl Sixty-Four will be another game changer for Nashville, Tennessee. I also believe in my heart, having worked with this team and so many of you, Super Bowl Sixty-Four and 2030 is going to be a game changer for the Super Bowl. Super Bowl Sixty-Four and 2030 is going to be a game changer for the NFL.”
Our ask is come together in the way that this community can come together, challenge us with the special ideas, the new ideas. Every Super Bowl is different. This has the opportunity to layer in so many unique elements to get raise that bar and I know it will.
Peter o'reilly
NFL Executive Vice President, Club Business, International & League Events
Message received. Challenge accepted.
Nashville does everything at one level: huge. The creative minds in this city goes well beyond all of the talented musicians, song writers, script writers, and actors. This city has creative oozing out of its pores.
I was listening to 104.5 The Zone Wednesday morning and heard a Titans fan phone caller offer up an idea for the Nashville Super Bowl halftime show. It was big. It was creative. And it was off the top of the head. The idea: Taylor Swift is the main act inside the stadium, and the halftime show bounces around to all of the Broadway Bars with the artists performing in the bars they part-own.
Who all would/could that wild idea include?
- Eric Church (who was in attendance at the press conference)
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Garth Brooks
- Dierks Bentley
- Morgan Wallen
- Post Malone
- Jelly Roll
- Jimmy Buffett
- Luke Bryan
- Jason Aldean
- Miranda Lambert
- Blake Shelton
- Kid Rock
- Lainey Wilson
- Justin Timberlake (maybe not him, actually)
- Alan Jackson
- Luke Combs
- Gavin DeGraw
You get my point. The options are endless.
Jim Nantz talks a big game about Nashville and the Super Bowl future
Nantz, the longtime CBS Sports broadcaster and play-by-play voice for seven Super Bowls, has been a Nashville resident for several years now. He’s proud to be part of this community and didn’t hold back about the city’s ability to flex its muscles for the Super Bowl AGAIN.
Easton Freeze and I discussed how the city can work its way deep into the Super Bowl location high-rotation, along side Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.