One of the biggest rivalries in American college football is never a home game for either team but, technically, always a home game for both teams. Army-Navy, to be played on Saturday in Baltimore, will move back to Philadelphia for 2017. Beyond that, it can be played anywhere.
Via Ryan Sharrow of the Baltimore Business Journal, 10 cities with NFL stadiums have expressed interest in hosting the game. Navy Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk listed Baltimore, Seattle, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the District of Columbia as the candidates to play the game at their local pro football venues.
The game must hold at least 70,000, and meetings were due to begin on Friday. Eventually, the game will be awarded for a five-year to eight-year period.
Baltimore will host its 10th Army-Navy game on Saturday. Philadelphia has had the game played in its city 86 times.
The biggest expense for the host city will come from paying the cost of getting 4,500 students from the Naval Academy and another 4,500 students from West Point to the site of the game.