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NFL Combine returning to Indianapolis in 2022; no decision yet on 2023

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — After being canceled this year due to the pandemic, the NFL has announced the annual Scouting Combine will return to Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis in 2022.

However, the league says the location of the 2023 combine will be determined through a bidding process involving Indy, Dallas and Los Angeles.

Indianapolis has been the home of the NFL Combine since 1987. Earlier this year, the NFL announced the combine would be open to bids starting with the 2023 event. The league did not say when the winning bid for 2023 would be announced.

While this would be the first official bidding process for the combine, it is not the first time Indy has had to compete for the event. In 2019, Visit Indy told Inside INdiana Business the city was competing with other major cities, including Dallas and Los Angeles, to host the combine.

According to Visit Indy, the NFL Combine generates about $10 million in economic impact for the city.

The league canceled the in-person combine for 2021 due to the pandemic and adjusted the event’s format to include virtual interviews with college prospects and workouts taking place at the athletes’ respective colleges.