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SEC Championship Game to remain in Atlanta through at least 2031 season
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:13 pm
SEC Championship Game to remain in Atlanta through at least 2031 season amid rumblings of new location
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ATLANTA -- The SEC Championship Game will remain at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta through the 2031 season, the conference announced Thursday. The agreement, announced in conjunction with AMB Sports and Entertainment (AMBSE) and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA), includes an option to extend the contract through the 2036 season.
"The SEC Football Championship Game is one of the premier events in college sports and Mercedes-Benz Stadium is one of the finest sports facilities on the globe, making Atlanta the perfect venue for our annual title game," said SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. "We look forward to continuing a very positive relationship with Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the Georgia World Congress Center as the home of our football championship."
Saturday's matchup between No. 1 Georgia and No. 8 Alabama will be Atlanta's 30th year hosting the SEC Championship Game. Previously, the game was played at the Georgia Dome from 1994-2016 before moving to Mercedes-Benz Stadium when the facility was opened in 2017. The first two SEC title games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham.
There was a possibility that this event could be moved around to different cities. The conference's media days event held in July has moved from its traditional home in Hoover, Alabama, including stops at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta and, most recently, in Nashville, Tennessee. The 2024 media kickoff event will be held in Dallas.
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Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:15 pm to Partha
We heard.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:16 pm to Partha
there’s no good reason to move it
don’t @ me
don’t @ me
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:17 pm to Partha
Ole Miss will continue our boycott. Fight the power!
This post was edited on 11/30/23 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:18 pm to TMRebel
An involuntary boycott? 
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:19 pm to Crimson_Chaos
We made Eli trip for the memes.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:21 pm to TMRebel
Have an upvote sir.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:33 pm to Partha
Can we have another 8 page thread about whether or not Atlanta is a dangerous shite hole. I'd be down!!!
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:37 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Should rotate to Dal, Hou, NO, once in a while.
Then again, Bruster's in stadium..no complaints.
Then again, Bruster's in stadium..no complaints.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:47 pm to Partha
Atlanta is a shite hole why keep it there?
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:49 pm to h0bnail
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We heard.
I looked for a thread on it but didn't see it until someone bumped it to the top again right after I started this one.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:51 pm to Partha
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SEC Championship Game to remain in Atlanta
Sankey and Sherman, the two men who own Atlanta.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:56 pm to Partha
1: It has a nice venue.
2: It has plenty of hotel rooms.
3: 100's of thousands of SEC fans live within a 2 hour drive.
4: There's a massive airport with more non-stop direct flights to and from SEC Country than any other airport in the South or Texas (or the world).
5: A train takes you from the airport directly downtown, no rental car needed, no parking fees, no valet costs at your hotel, etc.
6: If the SEC doesn't sign the deal, the ACC would sign a 10 year deal and the SEC might never play in ATL again.
2: It has plenty of hotel rooms.
3: 100's of thousands of SEC fans live within a 2 hour drive.
4: There's a massive airport with more non-stop direct flights to and from SEC Country than any other airport in the South or Texas (or the world).
5: A train takes you from the airport directly downtown, no rental car needed, no parking fees, no valet costs at your hotel, etc.
6: If the SEC doesn't sign the deal, the ACC would sign a 10 year deal and the SEC might never play in ATL again.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 2:58 pm to Partha
Move it back to Legion Field where it belongs
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:07 pm to Olemissrebs2020
They're not going to play it in Birmingham or Memphis
Aside from Atlanta, only Nashville makes sense geographically/socioeconomic/infrastructurally
Aside from Atlanta, only Nashville makes sense geographically/socioeconomic/infrastructurally
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:12 pm to Lolathon234
The big 12 plays their championship in dallas thorough 2030, Dallas was never going to happen
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:21 pm to deeprig9
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1: It has a nice venue.
2: It has plenty of hotel rooms.
3: 100's of thousands of SEC fans live within a 2 hour drive.
4: There's a massive airport with more non-stop direct flights to and from SEC Country than any other airport in the South or Texas (or the world).
5: A train takes you from the airport directly downtown, no rental car needed, no parking fees, no valet costs at your hotel, etc.
6: If the SEC doesn't sign the deal, the ACC would sign a 10 year deal and the SEC might never play in ATL again.
1. The new Titan's Stadium will be a nicer venue.
2. Plenty of Hotel Rooms in Nashville as well.
3. Driving Distance isn't too far for majority of SEC fans
4. Southwest Flies into Nashville...making it cheap to fly into.
5. It's Nashville...so you don't have to worry about navigating multiple Peachtree Streets...it's straight forward to the stadium.
6. If you sign a rotational deal...you would already lock in future dates in Atlanta...so...that could work to stave off the ACC
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:23 pm to madmaxvol
I agree. No reason it can't be in Arlington, Houston, Nashville, and Atlanta.
Th more the conference moves west, the less Atlanta makes sense.
Th more the conference moves west, the less Atlanta makes sense.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:23 pm to Partha
Saban and Mercedes greasing Sankey and SEC brass' pockets for sure. Follow the money and you'll always find Saban and REC. Pathetic
This post was edited on 11/30/23 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:25 pm to deeprig9
You forgot your seventh point: it might as well be a home game for Georgia for another eight years.
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