A exterior view at SoFi Stadium
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The Super Bowl is returning to Los Angeles.
The NFL says that Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium will host the 2027 Super Bowl, a move that will make L.A. the center of the sports universe for the second half of the 2020s.
The 2027 Super Bowl will be broadcast by ABC and ESPN, the first time the Disney-owned channels host the biggest game on the NFL calendar, and the most-watched TV event of the year. SoFi Stadium hosted its first Super Bowl in 2022, with the hometown Los Angeles Rams defeating the Cincinnati Bengals.
SoFi’s next Super Bowl also means that Los Angeles will host arguably the three biggest sporting events in the world in back to back to back years. In 2026, Los Angeles will be one of the cities hosting the FIFA World Cup (it isn’t clear if it will be…