SoFi Stadium, which opened in Southern California in 2020 as the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, will host its second Super Bowl in 2027.
NFL owners voted to award the venue in Inglewood, about five miles east of LAX, its second championship game in just five years. Multiple media reports earlier Wednesday had revealed the Super Bowl host city plan.
In February 2022, SoFi was the site of the Rams’ Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The next Super Bowl there will also be noteworthy on the TV front because ESPN and Disney corporate sibling ABC will simulcast the game, marking the first time the cable network has carried it. ESPN’s acquisition of NFL rights in 1987 was a milestone in its early growth. In recent years, Monday Night Football has aired on ESPN, with occasional simulcasts on ABC as well as the popular Manningcast on ESPN2 and sometimes also ESPN+.
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The Super Bowl in 2027 will follow World Cup games in 2026, with L.A. serving as one of 16 host cities in North America. Then, in 2028, L.A. will host the Summer Olympics, extending the city’s run at the center of the sports world.
The next three Super Bowls leading up to SoFi will be played in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Santa Clara, CA, respectively.
Built for $5.5 billion, SoFi’s striking design and sunken, horizontal profile also gained fame outside of the sports world this year. It was the site for a run of shows last summer by Taylor Swift during her blockbuster Eras Tour. Another massive concert draw, Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour, stopped there last September.
The stadium also hosted the College Football Playoff earlier this year.
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