ATLANTA (AP) — The Southeastern Conference football championship game is staying in Atlanta for at least a dozen more years.
The league announced a new 10-year agreement on Tuesday to play the game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a $1.4 billion retractable-roof facility under construction next door to the Georgia Dome. The new stadium is to open in 2017.
The agreement gives the SEC the option of adding two successive five-year extensions, which would keep the game in Atlanta through 2036.
The SEC championship game will be played the next two years at the Georgia Dome, its home since 1994.