Super Bowl expected to return to SoFi in 2027: Los Angeles area to host big game for second time since 2022

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IRVING, Texas — Multiple sources tell CBS Sports the NFL expects to announce Wednesday that the Los Angeles area and SoFi Stadium will host Super Bowl LXI, scheduled for February 2027.

A vote is still required to finalize the announcement, and there was still work being done on negotiations as late as Tuesday evening at the NFL league meetings in Texas. But the belief and hope was that all sides could reach the finish line for a Wednesday announcement.

The return to the greater Los Angeles area for Super Bowl LXI would coincide with the 60th anniversary of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosting Super Bowl I in 1967. Eight times Southern California has hosted the Super Bowl, and only New Orleans (10) and South Florida (11) have hosted more.

SoFi Stadium, which opened in 2020, hosted Super Bowl LVI in 2022, and already it’s going to get another world championship. The league hasn’t repeated a Super Bowl site within such a short timespan since the home of the Miami Dolphins hosted Super Bowl XLI in 2006 and then again for Super Bowl XLIV three years later.

The league used to have a bid process for Super Bowls, but it did away with that in 2017. Now host committees, in conjunction with the teams and owners of the stadium, work with the NFL directly on deals for the big game.

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Author : Jonathan Jones

Publish date : 2023-12-13 16:33:27

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