NFL confirms Super Bowl LXII in Atlanta for February 13, 2028, locks 17-game schedule through 2027
The NFL confirmed Super Bowl LXII will be held in Atlanta on February 13, 2028, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This date locks the 17-game schedule in place through 2027 and delays any 18-game season expansion until at least 2028. The 2026 season will end with Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium in California on February 14, 2027.
The NFL confirmed Super Bowl LXII will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on February 13, 2028, per Front Office Sports reporting on July 24. The site was settled in October 2024, but the formal game date was announced this week, effectively locking the 17-game schedule in place through the 2027 season and delaying any 18-game season expansion until at least 2028.
The 2026 NFL season will also operate under the 17-game format, culminating with Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium in California on February 14, 2027. Super Bowls for 2029 and 2030 have been awarded to Las Vegas and Nashville, respectively, according to the same reporting.
Atlanta officials and local hospitality executives had grown increasingly frustrated about being unable to advance planning for Super Bowl LXII without a confirmed game date, per Front Office Sports. The announcement relieves that planning pressure while locking the league's schedule framework for the next two years.
The 18-game season, pushed by owners including New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft as a vehicle for international expansion, faces formal resistance from the NFL Players Association. Per Front Office Sports, the NFLPA appointed JC Tretter as executive director in March 2026, and formal bargaining with the league on the 18-game expansion has not yet begun. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicated earlier in 2026 that moving to an 18-game season was not "a given," per the same source.
The lack of begun negotiations and the union's stated resistance mean the 18-game expansion remains contingent on a labor agreement that has not yet started formal discussions. The confirmed 2028 Super Bowl date effectively closes off any possibility of an 18-game rollout before the 2028 season at the earliest.
Super Bowl LXII is set for Atlanta on February 13, 2028, confirming the 17-game schedule remains in effect through 2027.
The confirmed date provides operational certainty for cities and broadcasters but leaves the core labor question unresolved heading into formal bargaining. Watch for the union and league to open formal talks on the 18-game format and whether the NFLPA's resistance holds or shifts in exchange for other contract gains. An agreement on the 18-game season would require a framework to be in place well before the 2028 season begins.
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