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Super Bowl LXI

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Super Bowl LXI

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Event overview

NFL championship at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood CA.

Date: 2027-02-14
Country / jurisdiction: US
Region: United States
Category: Sports
Status: scheduled

Editorial context

Why this date is being tracked

Super Bowl LXI is the 61st annual NFL championship game, scheduled for February 14, 2027 (Valentine's Day) at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California — the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. SoFi Stadium previously hosted Super Bowl LVI (February 2022, Rams 23-20 Bengals), making this only the second Super Bowl held at the venue and the 8th in the greater Los Angeles area. The game caps the 2026 NFL season under the league's 17-game regular-season format adopted in 2021. Super Bowl LX (February 2026) at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara averaged roughly 127 million U.S. viewers across networks per Nielsen, a baseline LXI is expected to match or exceed.

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Last manual verification: 2026-05-04. This note adds context only; the source trail below still controls date confidence.

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Source trail

Source trail for Super Bowl LXI

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Primary source

en.wikipedia.org

Last reviewed

2026-04-30

Tracker status

scheduled

Date precision

Single-date event without a reliable public start time; date-first countdown only.

Schema posture

Event structured data is emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled or confirmed.

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Primary citation

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Freshness and review

Source policy was reviewed on 2026-04-30. Live countdown values are render-time snapshots; editorial source fields update when the tracked event dataset changes.

Operational detail

The record does not carry a reliable public start time yet, so the page avoids implying a midnight or all-day start.

Weak-date handling

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What this countdown tracks

Super Bowl LXI is scheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2027 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California — the NFL's 61st championship game and the second Super Bowl held at the Los Angeles venue since its 2020 opening. Kickoff will follow the conclusion of the 2026 regular season and three playoff rounds, with the AFC and NFC champions meeting on Valentine's Day. The title game also carries additional significance as a shakedown event for SoFi's 2028 Olympic opening-ceremony programming.

Background

NFL owners awarded Super Bowl LXI to SoFi Stadium at their May 2024 spring meeting in Nashville, returning the championship to Los Angeles five years after Super Bowl LVI, when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20 at the same venue on February 13, 2022. SoFi, owned by Rams principal Stan Kroenke and developed at a reported cost of roughly $5.5 billion, seats about 70,000 with expansion capacity to 100,000 for marquee events and is shared by the Rams and Chargers. The stadium also headlines the 2028 Olympic Games opening ceremonies alongside the LA Memorial Coliseum. Super Bowl LXI falls under the NFL's 17-game regular-season format — adopted in 2021 — and a 14-team playoff bracket. Broadcast rights for the 2026 season Super Bowl rotate to CBS/Paramount+ under the 11-year media deal signed in March 2021, the same rights package that delivered Super Bowl LVIII and brought in $2.2 billion annually. Roc Nation has served as the league's halftime-show strategic consultant since 2019; Apple Music took over title sponsorship of the halftime show in 2023. LA's tourism arm, Visit California, estimates the regional economic impact of a Super Bowl host year at $450–700 million, and the Inglewood city council approved a 10-day road-closure and permit package in early 2026 to support the Host Committee. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has publicly cited SoFi's integrated broadcast-media infrastructure as a significant factor in the venue's repeat selection.

Why the date matters

February 14, 2027 is the latest calendar slot the Super Bowl has occupied since the NFL moved to the 17-game schedule, pushing the championship one week deeper into February than its 20th-century norm. Holding the title game on Valentine's Day introduces unusual demand dynamics for restaurant bookings, hotel blocks, and halftime advertising. The date also slots two weeks before the Academy Awards, compressing the late-winter entertainment calendar into a single high-spend window for advertisers.

What to watch for

Divisional and conference championship results setting the matchup
Halftime performer announcement from Roc Nation/Apple Music
CBS/Paramount+ broadcast lineup and pregame programming
Ticket resale pricing curve across StubHub and Vivid Seats
SoFi Stadium retractable canopy and ETFE-roof weather handling
NFL Experience footprint across downtown LA and Inglewood
Any Rams or Chargers playoff run generating home-stadium storylines
Commercial-break pricing benchmarks, tracked by Kantar and iSpot

The Los Angeles sports calendar dovetails with the LA28 Olympics Opening Ceremony 17 months later at the same SoFi Stadium co-venue, with shared security and logistics lessons carrying over. Earlier in the 2027 calendar, the Oscars 2027 (99th Academy Awards) and the NFL Draft 2027 round out the broader entertainment-and-sports marquee year.

FAQ

When exactly is Super Bowl LXI 2027? Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Is Super Bowl LXI 2027 confirmed or expected? Confirmed by NFL owners' vote at the May 2024 league meetings.

Who is responsible for Super Bowl LXI 2027? The NFL, in partnership with the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee, the Rams, and Chargers organizations.

Where can I read the official announcement? Event and venue details are maintained at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LXI.

Date confidence

Scheduled date

Super Bowl LXI is tracked as a scheduled event. The date is suitable for countdown and calendar use, while final logistics should still be checked against the linked source.

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LXI

Source host: en.wikipedia.org
Date precision: Single scheduled date from the linked source
Schema posture: Event startDate emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled/confirmed
Planning boundary: Use as a monitoring aid until the source trail is stronger

Structured data posture

This page emits Event structured data because the tracked record has a single scheduled or confirmed date. The linked source remains the final reference for time, venue, and operational changes.

Countdown evidence

Retention class

Date-first scheduled countdown

Evidence score

6/10 record signals

City-page readiness

Held to date-first

Evidence score6/10 signals present: primary source URL; tracked date; schema-safe date; place context; manual official-source note; related event cluster
Date and schemaSchema-safe single date: Single-date event without a reliable public start time; date-first countdown only. Event structured data is emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled or confirmed.
Local-time readinessDate-first only: The record is not used as a city-local event page until it has a reliable time, timezone, and non-windowed date.
Record completeness1 concrete fields: country US
Weak-field watchlist3 fields to improve: verified public start time; venue; historical sequence
Source freshnessen.wikipedia.org; reviewed 2026-04-30: Related crawl path: Valentine's Day 2027, CBO Budget & Economic Outlook 2027–2037, Mars Opposition 2027, JFK/RFK/MLK Next Declassification Tranche.

Planning notes

How to use this Super Bowl LXI countdown

Countdown pages are useful when they are honest about what is known, what is merely expected, and what still needs checking. This page keeps the live timer separate from the source confidence and structured-data posture.

Date confidence

Super Bowl LXI is tracked as scheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2027; the countdown can support reminders while final logistics still belong to en.wikipedia.org. The page can emit precise Event structured data because the tracked record has a single scheduled or confirmed date.

What could change

Watch for date shifts, venue or access updates, broadcast windows, registration rules, and source corrections. The current precision is: Single-date event without a reliable public start time; date-first countdown only..

Local-time usefulness

No reliable source start time is attached yet, so the page stays date-first and avoids implying a midnight start. 251 days remain at render time.

Category context

Super Bowl LXI sits in Sports with country US. Related countdown links should help users compare similar events, not create unverified event-city pages.

Catalog-specific details

No creator, platform, league, brand, fixture, family, or alternate-name detail is attached to this event record.

Series and expectation notes

No series history, end date, or what-to-expect field is attached.

Priority note

This page is kept specific through source confidence, category, region, date precision, and update notes rather than generic countdown filler.

Verification trail

source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LXI. trust checks: Source host: en.wikipedia.org, Date precision: Single scheduled date from the linked source, Schema posture: Event startDate emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled/confirmed, and Planning boundary: Use as a monitoring aid until the source trail is stronger. manual editorial context is attached.

Record completeness

present fields: country US. missing or weak fields: verified public start time, venue, and historical sequence

Related crawl path

Nearby retained events: Valentine's Day 2027, CBO Budget & Economic Outlook 2027–2037, Mars Opposition 2027, JFK/RFK/MLK Next Declassification Tranche, and GDC Festival of Gaming 2027. These links should support topical discovery without creating unverified event-city pages.

Review boundary: this page tracks the public date signal, source link, category, region, and calendar posture. It does not replace official ticketing, exchange, broadcaster, organizer, court, regulator, or government notices.

Source reviewed Apr 30, 2026. The countdown record is intentionally labeled as scheduled or expected; use the source link and any range notes before treating the date as final.

Live values rendered at Jun 2, 11:05 AM UTC.

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