The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended the 2020 NFL season as the first team in NFL history to play at their own stadium for a Super Bowl.
The Los Angeles Rams will now look to replicate their remarkable achievement after finishing their first year at SoFi Stadium. Unfortunately, they were not able to usher in the new era properly after the restrictions of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic prevented them from having fans in the venue.
However, they will now have a chance to rectify this in style after the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled a video for next year’s event in Inglewood:
Los Angeles is officially on the clock! Today, we are proud to unveil the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee logo as we count down to Super Bowl LVI at @SoFiStadium in February 2022. #LASuperBowlHC @NFL @Ramsnfl @Chargers @SnoopDogg pic.twitter.com/xAdzmtj88e
— Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (@LASEC) February 9, 2021
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke on what it meant to have the Super Bowl back where it originally started, via the Rams’ official website:
“Since Los Angeles hosted the first Super Bowl back in 1967, the Super Bowl has become a spectacle larger than the league could have ever imagined,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. “The return of the Super Bowl to this region is in large part thanks to Stan Kroenke’s commitment to delivering this game-changing project at Hollywood Park. We are thrilled to be partnering with the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park, the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers to bring the nation’s biggest sporting event to Los Angeles and Inglewood for Super Bowl LVI.”
Team owner Stan Kroenke added that he is looking forward to providing the best experience possible:
“We are proud to host Super Bowl LVI and will work with all our partners to deliver an extraordinary and unparalleled experience next February,” said Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman and SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park Developer E. Stanley Kroenke. “We ask that fans continue to do all they can to stay safe so that we can be together next year at SoFi Stadium. Aside from the great competition and entertainment that are hallmarks of Super Bowl, we look forward to celebrating the many frontline workers who are already making this event possible through their amazing sacrifices and commitment.”
The first Super Bowl was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which served as the home to the Rams upon their relocation in 2016 up until SoFi Stadium opened its doors back in September. The last time the game was played in Los Angeles was at the Rose Bowl in 1993 and this will be the 13th time it will be held in California.
SoFi Stadium is certainly well-equipped to host an event of this magnitude with a stadium capacity that can expand up to 100,000. The elaborate venue and stadium’s double-sided video board should provide fans with an ideal experience.
The Rams go into the 2021 NFL season with high expectations after pulling off a blockbuster trade for former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. It will be interesting to see off the Los Angeles Chargers can also do their part to potentially make it an All-L.A. event.
