NFL owners have named the 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium as the host for Super Bowl 60

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In the NFL’s March meeting, the players of the San Francisco 49ers were confident they would bring the Super Bowl back to Levi’s Stadium.

Barring a sudden change of direction, that confidence will be rewarded at next week’s spring owners’ meetings in Minneapolis. There, the 49ers’ bid for Super Bowl 60 in 2026 is slated to be approved by the NFL, a league source said, confirming a report by the Sports Business Journal.

“If the Bay Area had the opportunity, we would be honored to host Super Bowl LX,” 49ers President Al Guido said in a statement.

If the Bay Area bid is accepted, the Super Bowl will be returned to Levi’s Stadium for the first time since the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 and will be the third Super Bowl to be played in the Bay Area. The Niners beat the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX, a game played at Stanford Stadium in 1985.

Niners executives have been confident in bringing the Super Bowl back to Levi’s for the past few months. At the league’s March meetings in Phoenix, the Niners sought a $120 million loan from the NFL Stadium Fund to make improvements to Levi’s Stadium.

The money is slated to go toward premium seating and scoreboard upgrades at Levi’s with an eye toward the 2026 World Cup and strengthening their position at future Super Bowls.

Jed York, CEO of the Niners, was excited about the chances of another Super Bowl bid being successful.

“My optimism is very high,” York said on March 28. “I feel very confident that we’re going to have a Super Bowl in the near future. And it would be great to have Super Bowl 60 after hosting Super Bowl 50. … It would be nice to be able to bring these The game, and certainly after bringing the World Cup to Levi’s Stadium and having the Super Bowl to follow that. Those are really the two biggest sporting events in the world, and to have those two back-to-back would be awesome.”