Q: Context: The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship was a bowl game that was used to determine a national champion of college football in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2016 season. The game was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 9, 2017. It was the culminating game of the 2016 -- 17 bowl season.

Question: where was the college football national championship played last year? Let's give stream of consciousness first:
To answer this question, we should know that: The game was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 9, 2017. Therefore, the final answer is Raymond James Stadium in Tampa , Florida.