Super Bowl LXI is the planned American football championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2026 season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. This will be the ninth Super Bowl hosted by the Greater Los Angeles area, and the second at this venue, the first being Super Bowl LVI in 2022. It will also be the first Super Bowl to be played on both Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day weekend. The game is planned to be nationally televised by ESPN and ABC marking the first Super Bowl simulcast between the two sister networks, the first time ABC will air the Super Bowl since Super Bowl XL in 2006, and the first time that ESPN will air the Super Bowl. == Background == === Host selection === The league has made all decisions regarding hosting sites from Super Bowl LVII 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 votes to determine whether it is acceptable. On December 13, 2023, the NFL announced that SoFi Stadium, home of both the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers, was selected as the Super Bowl site. === Logo === The official logo for Super Bowl LXI was unveiled by the game's broadcaster ESPN on February 8, 2026, during a special post-Super Bowl LX edition of SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt from SoFi Stadium. It was formally unveiled during a post-game press conference in Los Angeles the following day, accompanied by an introductory video narrated by Inglewood-based rapper D Smoke. The traditional Roman numerals contain imagery of waves, reflecting the region's surfing culture and the "grit and tenacity of Los Angeles". == Broadcasting == === United States === ==== Television ==== Super Bowl LXI is scheduled to be televised nationally by ESPN and simulcast on ABC. It will be the fourth Super Bowl to be broadcast as part of the current 11-year NFL television contract, which allows a four-year rotation between CBS, Fox, NBC and ABC/ESPN. This would mark the first time ABC will have aired the Super Bowl since 2005's Super Bowl XL, and the first time ever that ESPN will air a live Super Bowl. In September 2024, ESPN's president of content Burke Magnus stated that the Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli altcast would "definitely be a part" of the game. ESPN announced plans to begin promoting its telecast a year in advance with an event known as The Handoff, under which special editions of its studio programs would be broadcast from Southern California (including ESPN's Los Angeles studio, SoFi Stadium, and Disneyland) following the conclusion of its Super Bowl LX coverage. ==== Radio ==== Westwood One holds the national radio rights to the game. === International === In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the game will be televised free-to-air by 5. In Latin America, the game will be televised by ESPN and its streaming and on-demand platform Disney+. In Germany and Austria, the game will be televised by RTL. In Serbia, the game will be televised by Arena Sport. == References == == External links == Official website Official host committee website