The National Football League (NFL) named Atlanta to host the Super Bowl LIII in 2019 at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The announcement was made at the NFL owner meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The NFL also awarded the Super Bowl to Miami in 2020, while Los Angeles will see the game in 2021.

"We're thrilled to show off Atlanta in 2019 for Super Bowl LIII," Blank said. "Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be unique, not only in America, but throughout the world. We think it's a great host stadium before the Super Bowl and we love it being in downtown Atlanta.”

This is the third time when the city hosting the Super Bowl. Earlier, the first two were held in 1994 and 2000 in Atlanta.

"We have been working hard to be on it. This stadium was designed and I think really downtown Atlanta is designed to accommodate these kind of events,” Blank said.

“I want to say thank you. Thank them for their support for our franchise and the National Football League and for helping make this stadium possible in Atlanta, and creating a vision we commonly share so we can experience that with NFL fans throughout the states and throughout the world," Blank said.

"I think what made the difference this time was that we have a new stadium with a significant public-private partnership. When you look at the public support, which is close to $700 million, when you add in all of the net present value of the entire extension of the tax, it's a huge commitment. It's a huge private commitment as well,” Blank added.

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