“Super Bowl 2026: Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California a Top Contender for Hosting”

Where will the Super Bowl 2026 be held? This is the question that is currently driving the NFL, because traditionally the venues for the largest individual sporting event in the world are always determined a few years in advance. It has been clear for a long time where the next two Super Bowls will take place. After playing in Glendale, Arizona in February 2023, the 2024 NFL champion will be crowned in Las Vegas. A year later, New Orleans hosts the final.

And for 2026, there are growing signs that the Super Bowl will be held in the Bay Area, California. According to several media reports, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the San Francisco 49ers, has a good chance of winning the bid. The application has been around for some time, and the final decision could be made at the meeting of the 32 owners next week.

Super Bowl 2026 back at the San Francisco 49ers stadium?

“If the Bay Area were given the opportunity, we would be honored to host Super Bowl LX,” said 49ers President Al Guido. It would be the second time that the stadium, which only opened in 2014, will host the Super Bowl. In 2016, the NFL celebrated its Super Bowl anniversary there, the 50th edition of the spectacle saw the duel between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers, which the Broncos won 24:10.

For the state of California, hosting the Super Bowl is now almost routine. The Vince Lombardi Trophy has already been awarded 13 times in the “Golden State”. With five Super Bowls, the legendary Rose Bowl in Pasadena is the lone leader in the state. Even more frequent Super Bowl hosts were only the Superdome in New Orleans, which will be the venue for the eighth time in 2025, and the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami (six events).