"We're a state-owned facility, and it's a great event for the state and the city," Ravens president Dick Cass said. "It shows the city very well on national television."
Getting Army-Navy games would also be a plus for the club's suite holders, Cass said.
Attracting Army-Navy games is a priority for Hasseltine, a former Kentucky sports marketing official, who was named last summer as the first director of Maryland sports marketing.
Hasseltine said Baltimore's bid noted the city's role in the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," whose bicentennial will be celebrated in 2014. The song was written as a poem by Francis Scott Key after watching British forces bombard Fort McHenry.
Said Hasseltine: "If we could get the [Army-Navy] event over that course of time, it would be monumental."
The skinny
Area leaders are hoping to lure the Army-Navy football game to Baltimore and are among four finalists for future games. The host state could see an economic benefit of up to $22 million. Baltimore has hosted the game four previous times. Those years: 2007, 2000, 1944, 1924.
