Super Bowl LVIII
Super Bowl LVIII is the upcoming American football championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2023 season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. A rematch of Super Bowl LIV, it will be played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion and defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
This is the first Super Bowl that will be held in Nevada.[3][4] It will mark the third straight year that the Super Bowl has been played in the Western United States, following host cities Inglewood, California, in 2022 and Glendale, Arizona, in 2023. The game will be televised nationally by CBS, streamed on Paramount+, alternatively broadcast on youth-oriented sister network Nickelodeon, and, for the first time, televised on the Spanish-language network Univision.[5] It will also be the second simulcast in Super Bowl history, the first being Super Bowl I.[6]
This will be the first Super Bowl since Super Bowl LV to feature the defending champion, which coincidentally was also the Chiefs.
Background
Host selection
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On May 23, 2018, the league initially selected New Orleans as the site for Super Bowl LVIII. The game was part of a new awarding process implemented by the league that was introduced in Super Bowl LVI. In the past process, cities that wished to host a Super Bowl submitted bids, which were deliberated and voted upon at the league owners' meetings. The new process no longer allows cities to bid for the game; the league now chooses the potential candidates.[4]
In March 2020, the league and the NFLPA agreed to expand the regular season from 16 to 17 games beginning in 2021, pushing Super Bowl LVIII to February 11, 2024, and causing a conflict with New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations.[7] The league formally announced on October 14, 2020, that New Orleans would host Super Bowl LIX instead of Super Bowl LVIII,[8] and then announced on December 15, 2021, that Allegiant Stadium was chosen as the new site.[9]
Logo
The official logo was unveiled on February 13, 2023; it follows the updated logo template introduced by Super Bowl LVI, with the traditional Roman numerals featuring imagery reflecting the host city/region (in this case, the skyline of the Las Vegas Strip and the Las Vegas sign). The numerals are also slanted inward to evoke the architecture of resorts such as the Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas.[10][11]
Teams
San Francisco 49ers
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The San Francisco 49ers ended the 2023 season with a 12–5 record and the #1 seed in the NFC. Because they clinched the #1 seed, they earned a first-round bye. The 49ers defeated the #7 seed Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Round 27–24 to advance to their third straight NFC Championship Game and their fourth in five years. In the NFC Championship Game, the 49ers were down 24–7 to the #3 seed Detroit Lions at halftime; however, they scored 27 straight points in the second half and defeated the Lions, 34–31.
This marks the 49ers' eighth Super Bowl appearance. The franchise won its first five Super Bowls (XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX) but has lost its last two (XLVII and LIV). Should the 49ers emerge victorious, they will be the first NFC team to win six Super Bowls and the third team overall, joining the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers.[13] Super Bowl LVIII will be the first appearance for the 49ers under second-year quarterback Brock Purdy, who was the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Kansas City Chiefs
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Kansas City entered the 2023 NFL season as defending Super Bowl champions after winning Super Bowl LVII. They finished the 2023 season with an 11–6 record, their 11th consecutive winning season and eighth consecutive AFC West title under head coach Andy Reid, and as the #3 seed in the AFC. The Chiefs began the playoffs by defeating the #6 seed Miami Dolphins 26–7 in the AFC Wild Card Round. They then faced the #2 seed Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Round, which featured the first-ever road playoff game for sixth-year starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs defeated the Bills 27–24 to advance to their sixth straight AFC Championship Game, in which they played the #1 seed Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs proceeded to defeat the Ravens 17–10 in another road playoff game.
Super Bowl LVIII will be the Chiefs' sixth Super Bowl appearance and fourth in the past five seasons, all under head coach Andy Reid, and featuring quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and tight end Travis Kelce. The Chiefs won three Super Bowls (IV, LIV, and LVII) and lost two (I and LV). The Chiefs have also won one pre-Super Bowl era AFL Championship, in 1962 (as the Dallas Texans). The Chiefs have the opportunity to be the first repeat Super Bowl champions since the New England Patriots (2003 and 2004 in Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX).[15]
Playoffs
Pre-game notes
This game is a rematch of Super Bowl LIV, in which the Chiefs defeated the 49ers, 31–20. Patrick Mahomes was named the MVP of that Super Bowl. Bill Vinovich was also the referee for that game,[16] making him the first referee to preside over two Super Bowl meetings between the same teams.
This game is also the first since Super Bowl LV to feature the defending champion. That game saw the defending champion Chiefs fall to the Buccaneers, 31–9.
This is the ninth Super Bowl rematch. Previous Super Bowl rematches were Super Bowls XIII, XVII, XXIII, XXVIII, XXX, XLVI, LII, and LIII.[17]
Broadcasting
United States
Television
English
Super Bowl LVIII will be televised by CBS and streamed on Paramount+. It will be the first Super Bowl to be broadcast under the new 11-year NFL television contract, which begins a new four-year rotation between CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC/ESPN.[6][18]
On August 1, 2023, CBS Sports announced that it will carry a youth-oriented alternate broadcast of the game on Paramount's sister network Nickelodeon. The network has aired alternate broadcasts of select NFL games (both regular season and playoffs) since 2020, but this will mark the first time that the Super Bowl will have an alternate broadcast.[19]
CBS is tentatively scheduled to air the series premiere of Tracker following the game.[20] Nickelodeon will air the series premiere of its newest Nicktoon, Rock, Paper, Scissors after their simulcast of the game.
Spanish
After CBS sub-licensed the Spanish-language rights to its last three Super Bowl games to ESPN Deportes,[21][22] TelevisaUnivision announced during its upfronts in May 2023 that it had reached an agreement with CBS to carry Super Bowl LVIII on Univision.[23][24][25]
Streaming
The game will be available to stream on Paramount+ in English, on TelevisaUnivision's Vix in Spanish,[26] and similar to the prior year for free on mobile devices and the web on the NFL app and NFL.com, in addition to the paid NFL+ app.[27]
Radio
Westwood One holds the national radio rights to the game.[28]
International
- In the United Kingdom, the game will be televised on the free-to-air channel ITV1, and on pay channels Sky Sports and Sky Showcase. It will be carried on radio via Talksport.[29]
- In Australia, the game will be televised by the Seven Network as well as its sister channel 7mate and on demand platform 7plus.[30]
- In Latin America, the game will be televised by ESPN and its streaming and on-demand platform Star+.
- In Brazil, the game will be televised by ESPN and RedeTV! and its streaming and on demand platforms Star+ and NFL Game Pass on DAZN.
- In Mexico, the game will be televised by Canal 5.
- In Canada, the game's broadcast rights are owned by Bell Media. The game will be televised in English on TSN and CTV, subject to simultaneous substitution;[31] RDS will carry the French broadcast of the game.[32] Additionally, the game will be streamed on TSN+ and DAZN.[32][33] The Nickelodeon broadcast will not be shown by YTV, nor Nickelodeon Canada, as those channels are owned by competitor Corus Entertainment.
- In Germany and Austria, the game will be televised for the first time by RTL Group (RTL, Nitro), following the broadcasting right transfer from previous right-holder ProSieben.
- In France, the game will be televised by M6 and BeIN Sports.
- In the Balkans, the game will be televised by Sport Klub, through internet providers subscription.
- In Italy, the game will be televised by Mediaset's channel Italia 1 and its streaming and on-demand platform DAZN with NFL Game Pass International.
- In Sweden, the game will be televised by a channel within the TV4-sphere its streaming service TV4 Play (previously known as C More).
- In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, the game will be televised by Arena Sport.
- In Taiwan, the game will be televised for the first time by ELTA Sports, which also marks the return of NFL games coverage for Chunghwa Telecom MOD platform.[34][35]
- In the Philippines, the game will be televised by Premier Sports and its streaming and on-demand platform Blast TV.
- In Cyprus, the game will be televised by Cytavision.
Entertainment
Pregame
On January 18, 2024, it was announced that country music singer Reba McEntire would perform the U.S. national anthem, alongside actor Daniel Durant who will be doing likewise in American Sign Language (ASL).
Also as part of the pregame festivities, rapper Post Malone will perform "America the Beautiful" and contemporary R&B singer Andra Day will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing", with actress Anjel Piñero performing both songs in ASL.[36]
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