MICHELLE DAPPER LOOKS BACK AT THE BIG GAMES IN CALIFORNIA. WELL, CALIFORNIA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF HOSTING THE SUPER BOWL. IN FACT, TODAY’S BIG GAME IS THE 14TH TIME CALIFORNIA HAS HOSTED A SUPER BOWL. LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM HOSTED THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL IN 1967. THE GREEN BAY PACKERS BEAT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 35 TO 10. THE COLISEUM WELCOMED THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN SIX YEARS LATER. IN 1977, THE ROSE BOWL HELD THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL AS THE OAKLAND RAIDERS WON THEIR FIRST TITLE IN SUPER BOWL 11. THE ROSE BOWL WOULD HOST FOUR MORE GAMES SUPER BOWL 14, 17, 21, AND 27. IN 1985, SUPER BOWL CAME TO STANFORD, WHILE THE SAN FRANCISCO 40 NINERS WON THEIR SECOND TITLE. SAN DIEGO WOULD HOST THREE SUPER BOWLS, THEIR FIRST IN 1988 AT THE JACK MURPHY STADIUM. TEN YEARS LATER, THE BIG GAME WOULD BE AT THE NEWLY RENAMED QUALCOMM STADIUM. THE CITY WOULD HOST AGAIN FOR SUPER BOWL 37. LEVI’S STADIUM, HOME TO SUPER BOWL 50, AS THE DENVER BRONCOS BEAT THE CAROLINA PANTHERS BACK TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SUPER BOWL 56 AND SOFI STADIUM AS THE LOS ANGELES RAMS WON IN THEIR HOME STADIUM. THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY, SUPER BOWL 60. THE RETURN TO LEVI’S STADIUM AS TH
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Super Bowl LX is the 14th time California has hosted the NFL’s championship game
Updated: 8:25 AM PST Feb 8, 2026
California has a long history of hosting the Super Bowl. Super Bowl LX is the 14th time California has hosted the NFL’s championship game.On Jan. 15, 1967, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the first Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.Six years later, the Super Bowl would be back at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Miami would win Super Bowl VII against Washington.On Jan. 9, 1977, the Rose Bowl would host its first Super Bowl. The Oakland Raiders would win Super Bowl XI against Minnesota.The Rose Bowl would host the Super Bowl four more times from 1980 to 1993: Super Bowl XIV, Super Bowl XVII, Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXVII.On Jan. 20, 1985, the San Francisco 49ers would win Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium.San Diego has hosted the Super Bowl three times. On Jan. 31, 1988, Washington would win Super Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium. Ten years later, Super Bowl XXXII would be held at the newly-renamed Qualcomm Stadium. The Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 31-24. On Jan. 26, 2003, Tampa Bay would win Super Bowl XXXVII at Qualcomm Stadium.Levi’s Stadium would host Super Bowl L in 2016. The Denver Broncos won 24-10 against the Carolina Panthers.On Feb. 13, 2022, SoFi Stadium would host their first Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams would win Super Bowl LVI in their home stadium.On Feb. 8, Levi’s Stadium is hosting Super Bowl LX, where the New England Patriots are taking on the Seattle Seahawks. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channelKCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of “California Politics 360.” Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3.
California has a long history of hosting the Super Bowl. Super Bowl LX is the 14th time California has hosted the NFL’s championship game.
On Jan. 15, 1967, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the first Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
Six years later, the Super Bowl would be back at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Miami would win Super Bowl VII against Washington.
On Jan. 9, 1977, the Rose Bowl would host its first Super Bowl. The Oakland Raiders would win Super Bowl XI against Minnesota.
The Rose Bowl would host the Super Bowl four more times from 1980 to 1993: Super Bowl XIV, Super Bowl XVII, Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXVII.
On Jan. 20, 1985, the San Francisco 49ers would win Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium.
San Diego has hosted the Super Bowl three times. On Jan. 31, 1988, Washington would win Super Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium. Ten years later, Super Bowl XXXII would be held at the newly-renamed Qualcomm Stadium. The Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 31-24. On Jan. 26, 2003, Tampa Bay would win Super Bowl XXXVII at Qualcomm Stadium.
Levi’s Stadium would host Super Bowl L in 2016. The Denver Broncos won 24-10 against the Carolina Panthers.
On Feb. 13, 2022, SoFi Stadium would host their first Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams would win Super Bowl LVI in their home stadium.
On Feb. 8, Levi’s Stadium is hosting Super Bowl LX, where the New England Patriots are taking on the Seattle Seahawks.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of “California Politics 360.” Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3.