Super Bowl LX awarded to the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium
The Super Bowl is returning to the Bay Area in 2026 after the location was approved during the owners' meeting on Monday. This is the second time Levi Stadium will host the Super Bowl and the third time the Super Bowl will take place in the Bay Area. Levi Stadium hosted Super Bowl 50 in 2016, […]
The Super Bowl is returning to the Bay Area in 2026 after the location was approved during the owners' meeting on Monday.
This is the second time Levi Stadium will host the Super Bowl and the third time the Super Bowl will take place in the Bay Area. Levi Stadium hosted Super Bowl 50 in 2016, a game where the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers to give Payton Manning his second ring.
In 1985, Stanford Stadium hosted Super Bowl XIX when the 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins to win the franchise's second Super Bowl in four seasons.
49ers team president Al Guido hopes that this second Super Bowl will regularly put the 49ers into the Super Bowl host rotation:
"We needed a facility that had the size and scale that this one had," Guido said. "There's been a lot of changes that have happened around the facility and in general around the Bay. I think hosting this now in a competitive process 10 years after we hosted the first one, when you have other major markets that will continue to host, both SoFi Stadium, Allegiant Stadium, a lot has changed since we hosted. I do believe that this puts us up for future Super Bowls. We have to pull this one off."
CEO Jed York was also ecstatic about the NFL's decision:
"I can't believe it's been 10 years already. It's an honor to bring an event like the Super Bowl to your town. These guys have worked so hard. I want to thank the ownership for believing in the Bay Area and this is going to be a great place for us to showcase the best of Northern California."
Next year's Super Bowl will be at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Super Bowl 59 will be played at the Superdome in New Orleans in 2025. Then, it will be the Bay Areas' time to shine.
