10 cities that should host a Super Bowl

The NFL brings its biggest event to a fairly narrow rotation of host cities, so here are 10 cities that should eventually host a Super Bowl.

Super Bowl LI between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons is coming on Sunday Feb. 5, from NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The NFL’s biggest event will ramp up big next week, with any and all remotely relevant media descending on Houston, with no topic off-limits when players are available for questions.

The Super Bowl has a pretty tight rotation of host cities, with some focus on where the weather tends to be warmer in February. Getting a new stadium for your NFL team is also a sure-fire way to get a Super Bowl, as evidenced by cold-weather cities Detroit, Indianapolis and New York serving as the host recently and Minneapolis on the docket next year.

The Super Bowl site cycle of Arizona, Houston, New Orleans, somewhere in Florida or somewhere in California is becoming tedious, and predictable. As the NFL tries to reach new audiences and keep the audience it has, both in the United States and internationally, breaking that cycle should be on the radar.

Looking into the future, here are 10 cities that should host a Super Bowl.

10. Green Bay/Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Packers are a unique NFL franchise, with what passes for community ownership, and Green Bay is also the smallest NFL city. But a passionate base of NFL fans exists within driving distance, to say nothing of the possibility the local team makes it to the Super Bowl.

Logistically speaking, Milwaukee is a more viable Wisconsin city to host all the events that surround the Super Bowl. But the game itself could still take place at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, and that alone should put eastern Wisconsin on the NFL’s radar.