[The ten-year ''Mercedes Benz'' Superdome naming rights deal expires in 2021 prior to this game: ] It will be the eighth Super Bowl played in the Superdome, and the eleventh in the city of New Orleans, the most recent being
Super Bowl XLVII
Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champio ...
in 2013, held in the same venue (then called Mercedes-Benz Superdome).
The game will be televised nationally by
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelv ...
.
Host selection
On May 23, 2018, the league originally selected New Orleans as the site for
Super Bowl LVIII, to be tentatively played on February 4, 2024.
In March 2020, the league and the
National Football League Players Association
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agreed to expand the regular season from 16 to 17 games starting in 2021, pushing Super Bowl LVIII to February 11, 2024, and causing a conflict with
New Orleans's Mardi Gras celebrations. On October 14, 2020, the league decided to move Super Bowl LVIII to another city (Las Vegas was later chosen as the host of Super Bowl LVIII) and award New Orleans Super Bowl LIX instead, as
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (, ) refers to events of the Carnival celebration, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday, which is known as Shrove Tuesday. is French for "F ...
in 2025 is not until March.
Broadcasting
Super Bowl LIX will be televised by
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelv ...
as part of the four-year rotation between
CBS, Fox,
NBC
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, and
ABC/
ESPN
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.
International
*In the
United Kingdom
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and
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, the game will be televised on the free-to-air channel
ITV.
*In
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
, the game will be televised by
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
and its streaming & on-demand platform
Star+
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.
References
External links
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