What to know about Super Bowl 59: How to watch, kickoff time, halftime performer and more
We're two weeks away from the NFL's biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the big game after winning their respective conference titles on Sunday.
For the Chiefs, this is a chance to make history, as the two-time defending champions are trying to become the first team to win the Super Bowl three years in a row. This is also the team's fifth trip to the Super Bowl in six years, with Kansas City winning the title in 2024, 2023 (against Philadelphia) and 2020, and losing to Tampa Bay in 2021. The Chiefs also won Super Bowl 4 following the 1969 season.
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Meanwhile, the Eagles are going to the big game for the second time in three years and third time since 2017. Philadelphia has won only one Super Bowl in four previous visits. That came in 2017, when the Eagles beat Tom Brady's New England Patriots, 41-33, behind the heroics of quarterback Nick Foles. The franchise did win a pair of NFL championships in the pre-Super Bowl era, going back-to-back in 1948-49.
The Athletic has you covered with everything you need to know for game day.
This year's Super Bowl will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, on Feb. 9. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.
The stadium has hosted seven previous Super Bowls (1978, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1997, 2002 and 2013), six NCAA men's basketball Final Fours (1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2012, and 2022) and WrestleMania twice (2014 and 2018), as well as other sporting events and concerts.
The Super Bowl will air on Fox. Viewers can stream the game on the Fox Sports website and app, as well as the NFL+ app, Hulu, fuboTV and Sling TV.
The Kansas City Chiefs are the early betting odds favorite in their Super Bowl 59 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, per BetMGM. Here's what to know:
Kendrick Lamar will perform in the Super Bowl halftime show and SZA will sing a few songs alongside him.
Lamar, 37, has won 17 Grammys (third most by a rapper in music history) and will showcase his skills in this m.A.A.d city on stage at halftime. His selection for the halftime show was controversial as Lil Wayne, a New Orleans native, felt he should have been picked and was outspoken about it at Lil Weezyana Fest in November. Since then, they've had a conversation and Lil Wayne wished Lamar the best ahead of his performance.
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Here are the previous five halftime show performers:
2024: Usher 2023: Rihanna 2022: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar
2021: The Weeknd
2020: Shakira and Jennifer Lopez
Golden Globe winner and multi-genre musician Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem. The 38-year-old artist won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2022. Trombone Shorty and Christian singer Lauren Daigle will collaborate for 'America the Beautiful,' while Ledisi will perform 'Lift Every Voice and Sing.'
Here are the previous five national anthem performers:
2024: Reba McEntire
2023: Chris Stapelton
2022: Mickey Guyton
2021: Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan
2020: Demi Lovato
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