The 2025 NFL playoffs are in full swing and just a handful of games separate the NFL from its battle for the crown jewel of the 2024 season.
Super Bowl 59 is just a few weeks away, and eight teams are still vying for the coveted Lombardi Trophy ahead of the divisional round. That group will be whittled to four over the weekend, but there is still a ways to go before Super Bowl Sunday is here.
Under the NFL’s previous scheduling format, in place since the early 2000s, Super Bowl Sunday was always the first Sunday in February. But thanks to the league’s updated schedule, it now takes place one week later.
Here’s what to know about about Super Bowl 59, including the day it’s on, the time it starts and how to watch it.
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What day is the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, Feb. 9 in 2025. That will continue the NFL’s new tradition – which began after the league expanded the season to 17 games – of hosting the game on the second Sunday in February.
What time does the Super Bowl start?
- Start time: 6:30 p.m. ET
- Channel: Fox
Super Bowl 59 will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox. Pregame coverage of the event will also air on the network, though it isn’t clear exactly when that will begin.
For Super Bowl 57 in 2023, Fox began its pregame coverage a 1 p.m. ET, which made its five-hour program the longest pregame show in the network’s history, per Forbes.
How to watch the Super Bowl: Time, TV channel, streaming
Fox is set to broadcast Super Bowl 59, with its No. 1 crew of play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt and color analyst Tom Brady on the call. Fans can stream the game with a subscription to Fubo or by using the Fox Sports app.
- Date: Sunday, Feb. 9
- Time: 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT)
- TV: Fox
- Streaming: Fubo, Fox Sports app
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Where is Super Bowl 59 being played?
- Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is hosting the 2025 edition of the Super Bowl. It marks the eighth time that the Superdome, which has a 50-year history, has hosted the Big Game. That’s the most of any NFL stadium.
The Superdome was originally slated to host Super Bowl 58, but the NFL’s expansion to a 17-game season meant the event – which was awarded to the city in 2018 – would interfere with Mardi Gras. As a result, the NFL opted to host Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas while bumping New Orleans’ hosting duties out one year.
Super Bowl 47 was the most recent NFL championship game to be held at the Superdome. That matchup was the famed “Harbaugh Bowl,” when Jim Harbaugh’s San Francisco 49ers faced John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens. That game famously featured a second half delay when the stadium lights went out. The Ravens ended up winning the game 34-31 to give Joe Flacco his lone Super Bowl win to date.
Baltimore will be hoping to repeat its luck in 2025, this time with Lamar Jackson at quarterback.
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Who is playing Super Bowl 59?
That has yet to be determined, and won’t be until Jan. 26 after both the AFC and NFC championship games are played.
There are eight teams in the running for the Super Bowl 59 entering the divisional round. Below is a look at the NFL’s playoff bracket for the conference semifinals.
AFC playoff bracket
NFC playoff bracket
Who is performing the Super Bowl halftime show this year?
Hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar will perform the halftime show for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans.
Lamar was announced as the Super Bowl’s halftime entertainment on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 by the NFL, Apple Music and Jay-Z-founded entertainment company Roc Nation. The announcement coincided with the league’s first Sunday slate, and Lamar posted a YouTube video to help promote the news.
Lamar previously performed during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2022. He did so alongside other hip-hop artists, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, among others.
It isn’t clear whether the 37-year-old will perform the Super Bowl halftime show solo or if he will have any guests as part of his performance.
