2021 SEC Media Days to be held in Alabama July 19-22
The Southeastern Conference said Tuesday that SEC Football Media Days in 2021 is being moved from Nashville to Hoover at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham Wynfrey Hotel July 19-22.
The move of the annual event that precedes the new college football season marks a return to the place where SEC Football Media Days has most often been held the past 19 years.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 event.
The SEC said it will reschedule the Nashville event to the summer of 2023 and will announce the location of the 2022 SEC Football Media Days soon.
“Nashville’s success with the NFL Draft in 2019 was a point of attraction when we originally selected it as a site for SEC Football Media Days, but the current environment related to the virus will not allow us to explore some of the unique fan experiences we had hoped to pursue in Nashville for this event,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said. “With two years to prepare, we look forward to making SEC Media Days an even bigger event in Nashville in 2023.”
Also Tuesday, the SEC said it will air a 2021 football schedule release special on the SEC Network at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27.
TOMORROW‼️@SEC Now: 2021 Football Schedule Release Special
2 PM ET / 1 PM CT on @SECNetwork pic.twitter.com/ebGu79OlDJ
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) January 26, 2021