INDIANAPOLIS -- A day after breaking ground on new Nissan Stadium, an official from Nashville and another from the Titans are here as part of a group hosted by the NFL to discuss the possibility of hosting the scouting combine.
Four cities were part of the visit, as Las Vegas, Minneapolis and Phoenix joined Nashville while Indianapolis will try to retain the event. Things are in the very preliminary stages.
"The league has decided they want to take a look at is it worth moving, they've invited several cities to Indy this week to look at it and of course, we raised our hand and said we'd love to tag along and take a look and hopefully have a shot at doing something with it," said Butch Spyridon, former president and CEO of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation who is representing the city as a consultant.
"The new stadium is critical to it and it's another example of what the new stadium opens up as new opportunities for us."
Adolpho Birch, the Titans senior vice president and chief external and legal affairs officer, was also with the group.
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