( CNN ) -- The 2018 Super Bowl will be played in Minneapolis , the National Football League announced Tuesday . The league 's owners selected Minnesota over New Orleans , with Indianapolis finishing third in the voting , according to NFL.com . Super Bowl LII -- 52 in Roman numerals -- will be played in February 2018 in the Minnesota Multi-Purpose Stadium , which is now under construction and scheduled to open in 2016 , the Minnesota Super Bowl Bid Committee said in a news release . The stadium will normally seat 65,400 but will expand to 72,000 seats for the Super Bowl , the committee said . `` We are honored to have been in the company of two such fine competitors , '' said Melvin Tennant , president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis . `` Both New Orleans and Indianapolis had extremely strong bids and their reputations precede them . We are excited to join their ranks in hosting a Super Bowl of the 21st Century . '' The decision was announced Tuesday during the league 's spring meetings in Atlanta . The last Super Bowl to be played in Minneapolis in the was in 1992 in the now-demolished Metrodome , the NFL website said . The 2015 Super Bowl will be played in Arizona at the University of Phoenix stadium , the 2016 game in San Francisco at Levi 's Stadium and the 2017 game in Houston at Reliant Stadium . He 's had a front seat to every Super Bowl .
Minnesota beat out New Orleans and Indianapolis for the honor . The game will be played in a stadium now under construction . The last Super Bowl played in Minneapolis was in 1992 . The 2015 game will be played in Arizona .