Super Bowl LXI
The NFL's biggest game returns to SoFi Stadium, February 14, 2027 — the first Super Bowl ever played on Valentine's Day
Super Bowl LXI is set for Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California — the Los Angeles area's second time hosting in this decade after Super Bowl LVI in 2022, when the Rams won on their own home field. It's also a genuine calendar quirk: the first Super Bowl ever played on Valentine's Day.
Quick facts
SoFi Stadium as a repeat host
SoFi Stadium, one of the newest and most architecturally distinctive venues in US sports, already has Super Bowl hosting experience from 2022 — meaning the surrounding infrastructure, transit planning and neighboring Hollywood Park entertainment district are genuinely proven rather than being built out for the first time. This isn't a venue's debut, which matters for how smoothly the surrounding week of events tends to run.
Super Bowl week beyond the game itself
The week leading up to the game is its own tourism event — Super Bowl Opening Night, the NFL Experience fan festival, and a concentration of concerts, parties and sponsor activations across the host region draw a genuinely large crowd who never set foot in the stadium itself. Los Angeles's scale means these events spread across a wider area than a smaller host city could manage.
Getting tickets and the realistic alternative
Official Super Bowl tickets are famously expensive and largely allocated through the NFL, teams and sponsors rather than general public sale — resale markets are the realistic route for most fans, at a real premium. For anyone not planning to attend the game itself, Super Bowl week's surrounding events (fan festivals, watch parties, the broader LA entertainment scene) are a genuinely lower-cost way to be part of it.
Practical tips
- —If attending the game itself isn't realistic budget-wise, Super Bowl week's surrounding fan events and concerts are a genuinely accessible alternative — check the host committee's official schedule as the date approaches.
- —Book LA-area accommodation early and expect a real price spike for Super Bowl week specifically, not just game day.
- —SoFi Stadium's Inglewood location and the Hollywood Park district around it are well set up for large crowds given the 2022 hosting experience — but still plan for genuine congestion on game day itself.
- —The specific two teams playing aren't known until the AFC/NFC championship games roughly two weeks before — don't book travel assuming a particular matchup.
