Super Bowl LIV
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| Date | February 2, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida |
| Ceremonies | |
| Halftime show | Jennifer Lopez, Shakira[1] |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | Fox |
| Announcers | Joe Buck (play-by-play) Troy Aikman (color commentator) Erin Andrews, Kristina Pink, and Chris Myers (sideline reporters) Mike Pereira (rules expert) |
| Radio in the United States | |
| Network | Westwood One |
| Announcers | Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) Kurt Warner (color commentator) Jim Gray and Ed Werder (sideline reporters) |
Super Bowl LIV, the 54th Super Bowl and the 50th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game will decide the league champion for the league's 2019 and 100th season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 2, 2020 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, marking the seventh different decade for the Super Bowl. This will be the 11th Super Bowl hosted by the South Florida region and the sixth Super Bowl hosted in Miami Gardens, which hosted Super Bowl XLIV ten years earlier.
The game will be broadcasted on FOX Sports in 4k Ultra HD, and the halftime show will be co-headlined by the American artist Jennifer Lopez and the Colombian artist Shakira.
Background
Host selection process
On May 19, 2015, the league announced the four finalists that would compete to host either Super Bowl LIII in 2019 or Super Bowl LIV. NFL owners voted on these cities in May 2016, with the first round of voting determining who would host Super Bowl LIII, and the second round deciding the site for Super Bowl LIV. The league had also originally announced in 2015 that Los Angeles would be eligible as a potential Super Bowl LIV site if there is a stadium in place, and a team moved there by the start of the 2018 season.[2][3][4]
The league opened the relocation window in January 2016, selecting the former St. Louis Rams to return to Los Angeles; their new stadium in Inglewood, California was, at the time of the vote, not scheduled to open until August 2019 (it began construction in November 2016, giving nearly three years to construct the stadium). This meant that the new stadium was scheduled to be open in time for the game (and the league selected the relocating team just in time to be considered for Super Bowl LIV), but, under the current construction timetable, would require a waiver of league policy to host Super Bowl LIV, as the league does not allow stadiums in their first year of existence to host the Super Bowl to ensure that stadium construction delays and unforeseen problems do not jeopardize the game. In May 2016, the league granted this waiver and confirmed that Los Angeles was still in consideration for Super Bowl LIV.[5]
On May 24, 2016, Atlanta was chosen to host Super Bowl LIII, thereby making it ineligible to host Super Bowl LIV. Meanwhile, Los Angeles removed itself from the running for Super Bowl LIV; it was awarded rights to Super Bowl LV shortly thereafter. However, a year later, on May 23, 2017, NFL owners opted to instead award Super Bowl LV to Tampa and give Super Bowl LVI to Los Angeles after it was announced that SoFi Stadium would not open until 2020 due to construction delays.
The two remaining finalists for Super Bowl LIV were as follows:[6][2]
- Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida: South Florida has previously hosted 10 Super Bowls, with the last being Super Bowl XLIV in 2010.
- Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida: Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls, with the last being Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.
Miami was selected as the host site at the NFL owners meeting on May 24, 2016.[7][8]
Playoffs
The 2019 Playoffs are scheduled to begin on the weekend of January 4–5, 2020, with the Wild Card Playoff Round. The four winners of these games will visit the top two seeds in each conference in the Divisional Round games, scheduled for January 11–12. The winners of those games will advance to the Conference Championships scheduled for January 19.
Broadcasting
United States
Super Bowl LIV will be televised by Fox.[9]
Advertising
Fox charged between "north of" $5 million and $5.6 million for 30 seconds of commercial time during Super Bowl LIV.[10] On November 22, 2019, Fox announced that it had sold its entire in-game advertising inventory.[10] As part of NFL initiatives to adjust and optimize commercial load during games, Fox will air four breaks per-quarter rather than five, but each break will be 30 seconds longer.[9] Fox's executive vice president of sports sales Seth Winter stated that these changes had increased the early demand for commercial time during the game.[10]
Lead-out programs
On May 13, 2019, Fox announced that its lead-out program will be the season 3 premiere of The Masked Singer.[11]
International
In Canada, Super Bowl LIV will be televised by CTV. In December 2019, appealing a prior decision at the request of Bell Media, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ruling that had allowed the CRTC to restrict use of the simultaneous substitution (simsub) regulations for the Super Bowl in order to allow access to the U.S. commercials (which they had deemed, by public response, to be an integral part of the telecast). The court held that the CRTC's exception in policy overstepped its power under the Broadcasting Act, citing that it does not allow the CRTC to "impose terms and conditions on the distribution of programming services generally".[12][13]
Entertainment
On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will be the featured acts in the halftime show.[1][14][15]
References
- ^ a b "Jennifer Lopez, Shakira to perform at Pepsi SB halftime show". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Triplett, Mike (May 19, 2015). "Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Tampa eye 2019, 2020 Super Bowls". ESPN.Go.com. ESPN Internet Ventures, LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ Dragon, Tyler (May 19, 2015). "NFL selects finalists for 2019, 2020 Super Bowls". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ Farmer, Sam (May 20, 2015). "L.A. could get 2020 Super Bowl if team, stadium are in place by 2018". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ Battista, Judy (May 23, 2016). "Future Super Bowl sites, Las Vegas among topics at NFL meeting". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ Wagner-McGough, Sean (May 19, 2015). "Finalists for 2019, 2020 Super Bowls: Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Tampa". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ Rosenthal, Gregg (May 24, 2016). "Atlanta, South Florida, L.A. chosen to host Super Bowls". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ Brinson, Will (May 24, 2016). "NFL awards future Super Bowls to Atlanta, South Florida and Los Angeles". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Steigrad, Alexandra (May 3, 2019). "NFL, Fox changing up the commercials for Super Bowl LIV". New York Post. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c Steinberg, Brian (November 25, 2019). "Super Bowl Ads Sell Out Early For First Time in Five Years". Variety. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 13, 2019). "Fox Will Place 'Masked Singer' After Super Bowl". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Super Bowl ad victory for Bell, NFL in Canada". Financial Post. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Faguy, Steve. "Supreme Court overturns CRTC order banning ad substitution during Super Bowl". Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Baysinger, Tim (September 26, 2019). "Jennifer Lopez and Shakira to Headline Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show". TheWrap.com. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ "Shakira and Jennifer Lopez to Headline Super Bowl 2020 Halftime Show | Super Bowl LIV". Retrieved October 23, 2019.
Further reading
- McArdle, Tommy (February 7, 2019). "What you need to know about the 2020 Super Bowl". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
