Gridiron Bowl V City Selection Thread

[Austin Snelick]

Alright, time to do a city selection thread for Gridiron Bowl V!

We will do ranked choice voting for city selection, as we have done in the past, so please list in order of preference 3 cities you'd like to see for next season's Gridiron Bowl.
Eligible cities include any major city in the US or Canada that is home to an NFL or GSL franchise.
The following cities are NOT eligible, due to recent host status (New Orleans, Las Vegas, Green Bay, Los Angeles).
All other cities are on the table for selection.

Votes will officially be counted, and a city officially announced Tuesday January 16th.

[Austin Snelick]

My ranked order of cities are:

1. Phoenix
2. Vancouver
3. Miami

[CarterB2]

1. Miami (Hard Rock Stadium)
2. Phoenix (State Farm Stadium)
3. Arlington (AT&T Stadium)

[CanadianBacon43]

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. Pennsylvania if Beaver Stadium is allowed to host

[Austin Snelick]

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. Pennsylvania if Beaver Stadium is allowed to host

I'll allow Beaver Stadium to host. They somehow can get 108,000+ people in the stadium for games, so I'm sure they could host a Gridiron Bowl. I know this falls outside of the major city requirement, but there is a GSL team here, so I think it could work.

[Appleman20]

Nashville
Atlanta
Birmingham

[rbronish]

Miami
Phoenix
Atlanta

[Drew Abernathy]

1. Salt Lake City
2. Memphis
3. Houston

[spencer_g]

1. Washington DC (FedEx Field, Landover, MD)
2. Atlanta
3. Seattle

[sfcom1]

1. Miami, Hard Rock Stadium
2. Phoenix, State Farm Stadium
3. Washington DC FedEx Field

[Untitled0717]

1) Memphis, TN (Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium)
2) Houston, TX (NRG Stadium)
3) Arlington, TX (AT&T Stadium)

[Rafael Menoncin]

My votes:

1st: Tampa (Raymond James Stadium)
2nd: Nashville (Nissian Stadium)
3rd: Orlando (Camping World Stadium)

[Frank]

Minneapolis
Nashville
Phoenix

[zvought]

1. Miami
2. Houston
3. Nashville

[Austin Snelick]

Current tallies, with plenty of votes left to be made

Miami - 16
Phoenix - 12
Nashville - 8
Atlanta - 5
Memphis - 5
Houston - 5
Washington - 4
Salt Lake City - 3
Tampa - 3
Minneapolis - 3
Vancouver - 2
Dallas - 2
State College - 1
Birmingham - 1
Seattle - 1
Orlando - 1

[Patrick Davis]

Nashville
Phoenix
Chicago

[Tim Dixon]

1. Seattle
2. Nashville
3. Vancouver

[Eddie Steinbaum]

1st - Nashville
2nd - Phoenix
3rd - Vancouver

[Austin Snelick]

Looks like we have a tight race here, with still the weekend left for other to vote.
Three way tie at the top .

Honestly, with these three being so close, we may have to do a second round of voting, with just these three cities, and the top city would then host Gridiron Bowl V.
I guess we will see how this finishes up first.

Miami - 16
Phoenix - 16
Nashville - 16
Atlanta - 5
Memphis - 5
Houston - 5
Washington DC - 4
Seattle - 4
Vancouver - 4
Salt Lake City - 3
Tampa - 3
Minneapolis - 3
Dallas - 2
State College - 1
Birmingham - 1
Orlando - 1
Chicago - 1

[Austin Snelick]

Okay, so it looks like we ended up with a three way tie at the top.

So, I think I'd like to have a quick secondary poll, where only the top three cities of Miami, Phoenix, and Nashville can be voted on. I'll let voting run through Friday, with the winner announced Saturday.

[Austin Snelick]

My votes will now be:

1. Phoenix
2. Miami
3. Nashville

[CanadianBacon43]

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. Nashville

[sfcom1]

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. Nashville

John

[Untitled0717]

1) Nashville
2) Miami
3) Phoenix

[CarterB2]

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. Nashville

[spencer_g]

1. Nashville
2. Phoenix
3. Miami

[rbronish]

1. Miami Gardens
2. Glendale
3. Music City

[Zenzo]

1. Phoenix
2. Nashville
3. Miami

[Tim Dixon]

Nashville
Phoenix
Miami

[Patrick Davis]

Nashville
Phoenix
Chicago

I'm going to change mine up, and save Nashville for when they have their new stadium in a couple years
Phoenix
Miami
Nashville

[CanadianBacon43]

Nashville
Phoenix
Chicago

I'm going to change mine up, and save Nashville for when they have their new stadium in a couple years
Phoenix
Miami
Nashville

I’m going to do the same thing in regards to voting for Nashville when they get their new stadium

[Frank]

Miami
Phoenix
Nashville

If we were voting BBQ, Nashville would win this, but not this time

[Austin Snelick]

This is the last day for voting, with the current tallies at:
Miami - 22
Phoenix - 21
Nashville - 17

Although, I do agree with waiting on Nashville until 2027 (assuming it will be complete then) to host when they have the new stadium ready.

[Eddie Steinbaum]

Miami
Phoenix
Nashville 2027

[Austin Snelick]

I forgot to announce the winning host city Saturday, but Miami has won.
Given how well these three cities did, this will be the host city schedule for the following Gridiron Bowls:

Gridiron Bowl V: Miami (2025)
Gridiron Bowl VI: Phoenix (2026)
Gridiron Bowl VII: Nashville (2027) - Assuming the stadium is complete enough to host a game. (If the Titans can play a preseason game in the stadium in 2027, then we are going to assume in alternate reality, the stadium got ready in time for the Gridiron Bowl)

[sfcom1]

One behalf of the City of Miami Gardens, the surrounding Miami area, and its great citizens. I wish to thank the GSL for awarding Hard Rock Stadium as the host site for Gridiron Bowl V.  With all The "BIG game" experience over the years on both the pro and college level, we plan to put on a great show. We look forward to beginning a great working relationship with The GSL staff to make the game experience the best ever.

John Nelson
Executive Director SFCOM Management and General Owner Miami SOL.

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