Why is Super Bowl 2022 so late this year?

Why is Super Bowl 2022 so late this year?

The 2021-22 NFL season is the first time every team played 17 regular-season matchups. The entire regular season ran 18 weeks with each franchise getting one bye week, which is the reason this year’s Super Bowl is being played so late.

Why is Super Bowl date so late?

Although the Super Bowl has had different fixed dates over the years, since 2004 the game had always been on the first Sunday in February. Starting in 2022 it will be held on the second Sunday, due to the addition of Week 18 to the 2021 regular-season schedule.

Did they change the date of Super Bowl 2022?

Super Bowl 56 will take place on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles–the home of the Chargers and Rams. The NFL adopted a new 17-game schedule this season which pushes the Super Bowl back by one week and into the middle of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.