The game at a glance
Super Bowl LXI closes the 2026 NFL season on Sunday 14 February 2027 — the first Super Bowl ever played on Valentine's Day, and on Presidents' Day weekend, so Monday is a federal holiday and the natural day to fly home. The venue is SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, home of the Rams and Chargers, which hosted Super Bowl LVI in 2022 (the Rams won it on their own field) and seats around 70,000. Kickoff is 3:30 pm Pacific, broadcast on ABC and ESPN in the US.
Nobody knows the two teams yet — they are decided on Sunday 31 January 2027 in the conference championship games — and that single fact drives the whole market: hotel rooms can be booked (refundably) today, while ticket prices only find their level once the matchup is set.
How to get there: flights to Los Angeles (LAX)
This is the easiest Super Bowl trip in years for one reason: LAX is about 3 miles from SoFi Stadium. The airport you were flying into anyway is effectively the stadium's airport, so there is no long game-day transfer to plan around. Burbank (BUR) works if you are staying on the north side of the city, but it is a long ride down to Inglewood. Book flights on the same logic as the hotel: the Friday-in, Monday-out pattern is what the whole country books, the holiday Monday softens the return rush, and fares will only firm up once the teams — and their fan bases' nearest airports — are known.
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Where to stay: Inglewood, the LAX corridor and the beach cities
Los Angeles does not have one Super Bowl neighbourhood — it has a stadium in Inglewood and hotel supply spread across a huge city. The sobering benchmark: when the Super Bowl was last at SoFi in 2022, analysis of the fan market found even budget hotels within three miles of the stadium averaging about $460 a night, in what was rated the most expensive Super Bowl stadium for fans on record. Prices for 2027 will be set by the market, but plan as if proximity costs real money.
- Inglewood: the closest beds to SoFi and the first to book out. If you find a refundable room here at a sane price, take it and decide later.
- LAX / airport corridor: the biggest, most competitive supply, roughly 10 minutes from the stadium — the value play for most fans.
- El Segundo & Manhattan Beach: close, calmer, beach-side; popular with fans who want a real LA weekend around the game.
- Downtown LA & Santa Monica: the most to do away from the game, at the price of a longer game-day ride (Santa Monica is also the premium end of the market).
The strategy that beats the surge is boring: book a refundable room now, before the teams are known, and re-check the rate after the championship games. The fans who pay the famous prices are the ones who start looking in February.
Tickets: the honest numbers
First, the structural truth: there is no general public sale of Super Bowl tickets at face value. Most seats reach fans through the NFL's official hospitality programme or the verified resale market, which is why prices look the way they do. For the most recent Super Bowl (February 2026), the cheapest resale seats started at about $4,300–$4,900 including fees, and average prices across recent years have run above $7,000. Official packages through On Location — the NFL's hospitality partner — bundle tickets with pregame hospitality, and its full hotel-and-ticket packages for LXI currently start at $10,945 per person (three nights, double occupancy).
Buying advice that actually protects you: use only the established resale marketplaces or the official programme, pay inside the platform (never by transfer to a stranger), and expect prices to hinge on the matchup — a big-market team pushes them up, and prices sometimes soften in the final 48 hours, but betting your trip on a last-minute drop is a gamble, not a plan.
Getting around Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a spread-out, car-shaped city with one compact exception: the stadium district itself. On game day, Metro runs dedicated shuttle buses to SoFi from the Hawthorne/Lennox (C Line) and Downtown Inglewood (K Line) rail stations, rideshares run at event surge with long post-game queues, and stadium parking is pre-booked and priced like an event, not a car park. If your hotel is in the LAX corridor or Inglewood, you may not need wheels for the game at all.
🚗 For the rest of the weekend, LA rewards a car
Beaches, Hollywood, the Getty and a Pacific Coast Highway drive are all far easier with your own wheels — just leave the car at the hotel on game day and take the shuttle instead. Compare Los Angeles car-rental deals on Discover Cars — most rentals include free cancellation.
Sample budget: 3 nights, per person, flights excluded
| Cost line | DIY fan trip | Official package route |
|---|---|---|
| Game ticket | Verified resale, cheapest seats (Feb 2026 market) → $4,300–$5,000 | Included in package |
| Hotel (3 nights) | Near stadium at 2022's ~$460/night budget rate → ≈ $1,380 | Included in package |
| Food & local travel (3 days) | Planning figure, roughly $100–$150 a day → $300–$450 | |
| Package price | — | Hotel + ticket + hospitality, double occupancy → from $10,945 |
| Total before flights | ≈ $6,000–$6,800 | from ≈ $11,300 |
Read the table the right way: the ticket is two-thirds of the DIY total, so every decision that matters is about the ticket — the matchup, the timing, and a marketplace you trust. Flights are excluded; price them with the Aviasales search above. Coming from outside the US? Run the total through our currency converter to see the real number in your home currency — for most international fans it lands harder than expected.
Turn the total into a plan
The game is about sixteen weeks away, which makes this a savings problem with a deadline: $6,400 by mid-February is roughly $400 a week from now — steep, but exactly the kind of target our savings goal calculator is built for; enter the total and the date and it returns the weekly or monthly amount. Use the days-between-dates calculator to count down to kickoff, and if American sport is your travel style, our Las Vegas Grand Prix 2026 travel guide plans the other great US sporting weekend of the season.
❓ Super Bowl 2027 FAQs
When and where is the Super Bowl in 2027?
Super Bowl LXI is on Sunday 14 February 2027 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles, with kickoff at 3:30 pm local time (6:30 pm ET). It is the stadium's second Super Bowl, after Super Bowl LVI in 2022.
How much does it cost to attend Super Bowl 2027?
A realistic do-it-yourself trip runs about $6,000–$6,800 per person before flights: roughly $4,300–$5,000 for a resale ticket, about $1,380 for three hotel nights near the stadium, and $300–$450 of food and local travel. Official hotel-and-ticket packages start at $10,945 per person.
How much are Super Bowl 2027 tickets?
There is no general public sale at face value. On the verified resale market, the most recent Super Bowl (February 2026) saw cheapest seats at about $4,300–$4,900 including fees, with average prices above $7,000. Expect Super Bowl LXI to live in the same range once the teams are set.
Where should I stay in Los Angeles for the Super Bowl?
Inglewood is closest to SoFi Stadium but has limited rooms that book out early. The LAX airport corridor, about 10 minutes away, has the biggest supply; El Segundo and Manhattan Beach are quieter and close; Downtown LA and Santa Monica trade a longer game-day ride for more to do. At the last SoFi Super Bowl in 2022, even budget hotels within three miles of the stadium averaged about $460 a night.
Which airport is best for SoFi Stadium?
Los Angeles International (LAX) — it sits about 3 miles from SoFi Stadium. Burbank (BUR) is a calmer alternative if your hotel is on the north side of the city, but it is a much longer ride to Inglewood.
When are the Super Bowl 2027 teams decided, and when should I buy?
The two teams are set on Sunday 31 January 2027, when the conference championship games are played. Book a refundable hotel now; for tickets, prices are set by the matchup, and they sometimes soften in the final days before the game — but waiting is a gamble, not a strategy.
Is Super Bowl weekend 2027 a long weekend?
Yes. The game falls on Valentine's Day, Sunday 14 February 2027, and Monday 15 February is Presidents' Day, a US federal holiday — so most fans get a three-day weekend, and the Monday is the natural, calmer day to fly home.
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