The 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship will be played in Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 13, according to news release from College Football Playoff.
New Orleans recently hosted the championship game in 2011 when the University of Alabama ended LSU’s bid for a perfect season with 21-0 win. Last year, the Superdome was the site for one of two CFP semifinal games as The Ohio State University defeated the Crimson Tide, 42-35. Along with New Orleans, the CFP also announced Atlanta and Santa Clara, California, would host the 2018 and 2019 championship games, respectively.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., was one of many Louisianians who sent a letter to Bill Hancock, executive director of the CFP, in support of bringing the title game to New Orleans.
“These sorts of events are just huge,” Cassidy said. “The great impression people have when they leave make them more likely to come back. It’s not priceless, but it’s close to it.”
One of the many draws to hosting the championship is the considerable financial and commercial benefits the game brings to New Orleans, Cassidy said, citing the money Texas raked in after hosting the game in 2014.
“You look at the statistics from Dallas,” Cassidy said. “The Texas state comptroller predicted that it had about $308 million impact on the region.”