Arthur Blank lobbys for Atlanta Super Bowl

The Atlanta Falcons broke ground for their new stadium on Monday night and owner Arthur Blank was on hand for the event. As any good businessman would do, Blank took the opportunity to state his case and begin lobbying for Atlanta to host a Super Bowl once the new stadium is completed.

“Welcome to a typical evening in Atlanta,” Blank said during ground-breaking for the new stadium, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “So for those of my NFL partners who will one day vote for a Super Bowl, this is normal weather in Atlanta — even in February.

“We’re in queue. There will be other cities and stadiums in queue as well. It’ll be very competitive,” Blank said. “This is a competitive world we’re living in, but this stadium and this great city, with the hospitality and the restaurants and the hotels it has, will give us an opportunity to compete at the highest level.”

Atlanta would definitely have the infrastructure to make a Super Bowl logistically possible, so Blank is hoping that he can place a bid for the big game in 2019.

Whether or not the league would agree to grant the Falcons the opportunity to host a Super Bowl remains to be seen, but if the stadium turns out to be as impressive as the plans indicate then it may be impossible for the league to avoid hosting the championship in Atlanta.