Quote:<p style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glendale, Ariz., and Tampa, Fla., will host the 2016 and 2017 College Football National Championship games, sources said.

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Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of the Fiesta Bowl and home of theArizona Cardinals, was chosen over three other venues for the Jan. 11, 2016, game.

Tampa's Raymond James Stadium was selected over five other venues for the Jan. 9, 2017, game. Raymond James hosts the Outback Bowl each year and is home to South Florida and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

 

<p style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The three cities Glendale beat out for the 2016 national title game were Jacksonville, Fla., (EverBank Field), New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) and Tampa (Raymond James Stadium).

<p style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The five cities Tampa beat out for the 2017 national title game were San Francisco/Santa Clara (Levi's Stadium), Jacksonville (EverBank Field), Minneapolis (Vikings Stadium), San Antonio (Alamodome) and Miami (Sun Life Stadium).