MIAMI – It’s appropriate the Super Bowl to end droughts will take place in Miami.
The Kansas City Chiefs are playing in the game for the first time in 50 years against the San Francisco 49ers, who have a chance to win their first NFL title in 25 years. The game is returning to Miami for the first time in a decade, lured back after a stadium renovation that cost more than $550 million.
The Who wouldn’t recognize the stadium. The classic rock band performed at halftime the last time the Super Bowl took place in Miami, 10 years ago as the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.
Now the game is back for the 11th time, the most of any city, as the NFL concludes its centennial season on Feb. 2 with Super Bowl LIV between the AFC champion Chiefs (14-4) and the NFC champion 49ers (15-3). Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. and Fox will televise the game.
“We’re thrilled to be back in Miami,” said Peter O’Reilly, NFL executive vice president of league events and club business development. “It feels like the right way to finish this 100th season, because we’ve had so many great games here.”