Hotels for Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans

An AFC divisional matchup with the kind of stakes that January football brings, especially if playoff seeding is still being sorted out this late in the season. Sunday's early kickoff means a lighter tailgate crowd but no shortage of noise once the game starts, as both fanbases travel well and pack the concourses in equal number.

Cold-weather football against a division rival tends to be tighter and scrappier than the regular midseason meetings, with field position and turnovers mattering more than usual.

The franchise began as the Houston Oilers, a charter AFL member from 1960 that won the league's first two championships, before owner Bud Adams relocated the team to Tennessee in 1997 and renamed it the Titans in 1999, a nod to Nashville's classical-architecture nickname 'Athens of the South.' Tennessee reached its only Super Bowl after the 1999 season, losing to the Rams after being stopped agonisingly one yard short on the game's final play.

The Titans are equally remembered for the 'Music City Miracle,' a trick-play kickoff return that won a 2000 playoff game against Buffalo in the closing seconds. Nissan Stadium sits on the banks of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville.

Home to the Tennessee Titans, Nissan Stadium sits on the east bank of the Cumberland River directly across from downtown Nashville's skyline. A pedestrian bridge puts Broadway's famed live-music bars and restaurants just minutes from the gates on foot, making the walk back after the game part of the night.

Booking a room in downtown Nashville means the city's vibrant honky-tonk district and the stadium are both within walking distance, with no transport required.