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Super Bowl LX

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Super Bowl LX
Levi's Stadium in February 2016
prior toSuper Bowl 50
DateFebruary 8, 2026
StadiumLevi's Stadium,Santa Clara, California
TV in the United States
NetworkBroadcast:
NBC
Telemundo(Spanish)
Streaming:
Peacock
NFL+
Radio in the United States
NetworkWestwood One

Super Bowl LXis the plannedAmerican footballchampionship game of theNational Football League(NFL) for the2025 season.The game is scheduled to be played on February 8, 2026, atLevi's StadiuminSanta Clara, California.

This will be the second Super Bowl that Levi's Stadium will host, the first beingSuper Bowl 50ten years prior. The game is planned to be televised nationally byNBC.[1]

Background[edit]

Host selection[edit]

The league has made all decisions regarding hosting sites fromSuper Bowl LVII(held in February 2023) onward. There is no bidding process per site: the league selects a potential venue unilaterally, the chosen team puts together a hosting proposal, and then the league owners vote to determine whether it is acceptable.[2]

On May 18, 2023, it was reported thatLevi's Stadium,home of theSan Francisco 49ers,was considered the front-runner for the Super Bowl LX site.[3]On May 22, the NFL announced that Super Bowl LX will be played at Levi's Stadium.[4]

Broadcasting[edit]

United States[edit]

Television[edit]

Super Bowl LX is scheduled to be televised byNBCas part of the 11-yearNFL television contract,which allows a four-year rotation betweenCBS,Fox,NBC,andABC/ESPN.Under this rotation, NBC has the Super Bowl during the same years it hasits Winter Olympics coverage.Super Bowl LX will be the second time afterSuper Bowl LVIthat the game is scheduled on a date that falls within the date range of an ongoing Olympics event (and the third that the date will be on an Olympic year), the2026 Winter OlympicsinMilanandCortina d'Ampezzo,Italy.[1][5]

It is expected that a Spanish-language feed will air on one of NBC's sister networks, eitherTelemundoorUniverso.[1]

Streaming[edit]

The game is planned to be streamed live onPeacock,as well asNFL+via mobile devices.[1]

Radio[edit]

Westwood Oneholds the national radio rights to the game.[6]

International[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcdSherman, Alex; Young, Jabari (March 18, 2021)."NFL finalizes new 11-year media rights deal, Amazon gets exclusive Thursday Night rights".CNBC.RetrievedJune 11,2024.
  2. ^Teope, Herbie (May 23, 2018)."Arizona, New Orleans chosen as Super Bowl hosts".NFL.com.NFL.Archivedfrom the original on February 2, 2020.RetrievedMay 23,2018.
  3. ^Wagoner, Nick (May 18, 2023)."NFL owners set to OK 49ers' Levi's Stadium as host of Super Bowl 60".ESPN.com.RetrievedJune 7,2024.
  4. ^Baca, Michael (May 22, 2023)."Niners' Levi's Stadium approved as site for Super Bowl LX in 2026".NFL.com.RetrievedJune 11,2024.
  5. ^Reedy, Joe (February 6, 2022)."Super Bowl/Olympics Sunday about to become routine for NBC".Associated Press.RetrievedFebruary 15,2022.When the NFL's 11-year television contract starts in 2023, NBC's spot in the Super Bowl rotation lines up the same year as the Winter Olympics.
  6. ^Lucia, Joe (March 28, 2022)."Westwood One has a new deal with the NFL, with all primetime games available for free in the NFL app".Awful Announcing.RetrievedJune 12,2024.

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