With Only 8 teams proposed I would imagine that these are the 12 Metro areas that will receive a look and could be potential locations. Only the best media markets and large Metro areas will consider.
Now that Los Angeles has the Rams, and It may be that the Charges go to Vegas
"NFL approves move of Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas Those two cities will be out or likely bypassed.
1). San Diego #17 (3,317,749) is the #17th largest Metro Market without a NFL team, currently. SDCCU Stadium 70,561 Capacity
2) St. Louis, MO-IL #20 2,807,002 The Dome at America's Center Capacity 70,000
3). San Antonio #24th (2,429,609) currently HOME to the the UTSA Roadrunners Stadium Alamodome 65,000 Capacity
4). Sacramento #27th (2,296,418) They have a stadium that is used as follows - Sacramento Hornet Stadium only has a Capacity of 21,195-seat college football and track stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) in Sacramento, California.
5). Austin, TX #31 (2,056,405) Metro Markets - University of Texas at Austin Longhorns football team capacity of 100,119
6). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA #35 (1,978,816) Stadium: San Jose State University CEFCU Stadium, known as Spartan Stadium Capacity 30,456
7). Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News #37 (1,726,907) Market Size. Forman Field 20,000 or NSU Stadium 30,000
8). Milwaukee, WI #39 Market Size (1,572,482) Possibly Miller Park Capacity: 41,900
9) Oklahoma City, OK #41 ( Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, is the on-campus football facility on the campus of the University of Oklahoma Capacity 86,000
10). Memphis, TN-MS-AR #42 (1,342,842) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, home field of the University of Memphis Tigers football team. Capacity 58,207
11). Raleigh, NC Metropolitan #42 (1,302,946) Wayne Day Family Field at Carter–Finley Stadium Home to NC State Football Capacity
57,583
12). Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN #44 (1,283,430) Papa John's Cardinal Stadium is a football stadium on the southern end of the campus of the University of Louisville. Debuting in 1998, it serves as the home of the Louisville Cardinals football program Capacity
55,000
13). Salt Lake City #48 (1,186,187) Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,634 Rice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the campus of the University of Utah.Rice-Eccles Stadium - Look how they use this stadium. Link....https://stadium.utah.edu/
Metro areas ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_me...ical_areas