The 2025 Super Bowl (officially Super Bowl LIX) will take place on February 9 in New Orleans at the Ceasars Superdome.
Kickoff time of the Super Bowl 2025 is on the night from Sunday to Monday (February 10th) at 0:30 a.m. German time. The broadcast with Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show is available on live RTL and DAZN.
In this Super Bowl 2025 article, you will find all the information about the 59th NFL final: When does the Super Bowl broadcast start, how long does the Super Bowl LIX last and which teams are the favorites for the 2025 NFL final?
Super Bowl 2025: Date, Time, Broadcast
Date & Time: When is the Super Bowl 2025?
The Super Bowl LIX will take place on February 9. As is customary in the U.S., the NFL final will be held on a Sunday this season as well. The kick-off of Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. local time, which is prime time in the U.S.
This means that due to the time difference, the kick-off of Super Bowl 2025 will be at 12:30 a.m. our time in the night from Sunday to Monday (February 9 to 10).
Shortly before that, however, there will be three musical highlights with “America The Beautiful”, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and, of course, the US national anthem, followed by the traditional coin toss.
Super Bowl 2025 broadcast in Germany – TV & live stream
The NFL broadcasts in Germany run throughout the entire season on RTL in free TV and on the paid sports streaming service DAZN. This also applies to the broadcast of Super Bowl LIX on February 9.
The Super Bowl 2025 broadcast will be available live and in full on free TV on RTL and as a stream on RTL+ and the sports streaming service DAZN.
Another alternative for the 2025 Super Bowl broadcast is the NFL Game Pass. This is available for the Super Bowl game for just 99 cents. Included is not only the complete original US broadcast but also all the famous Super Bowl commercials.
Since the live broadcast of Super Bowl LIX in Germany will be shown on both free-to-air TV on RTL and on the DAZN sports portal, there are different processes.
When do the broadcasts start, who are the commentators and who is there as an expert?
Super Bowl 2025 live on RTL
The Super Bowl 2025 broadcast can be seen live in Germany on RTL in free-to-air TV. Of course, Kendrick Lamar’s pompous halftime show is included.
The start time for the RTL Super Bowl Show 2025 on February 9 is at 11:15 p.m.
Presenter Jana Wosnitza and community host Mitja Lafere will host the show. Florian Schmidt-Sommerfeld will commentate on the game, with four experts at his side: in addition to “Coach” Patrick Esume, there are former German NFL professionals Björn Werner, Markus Kuhn and Sebastian Vollmer.
The entire RTL team for the NFL Super Bowl broadcast is on site in New Orleans.
One of the most important questions before every Super Bowl is how long it lasts – how long does the Super Bowl actually last?
The average Super Bowl lasts about 4 hours. However, some games can easily last 5 or 6 hours. It always depends on how the game is going.
What makes calculating the duration of the Super Bowl so difficult is the net playing time. This means that the clock is stopped every time there is an interruption. This makes it impossible to determine exactly how long the Super Bowl will last.
The following calculation can be used as a rough guide to how long the Super Bowl 2025 will last: there are four quarters of 15 minutes each. After two quarters, the first half of the game is over and there is an almost 30-minute break during which the spectacular halftime show takes place. This is followed by the second half with quarters 3 and 4.
When does the Super Bowl end?
It is not possible to say exactly when the Super Bowl ends, because the net playing time applies and the clock is always stopped when there are interruptions.
If we have to expect the Super Bowl to last about 4 hours, and the kickoff is at 12:30 a.m. German time, then the game will end around 4:30 a.m.
However, since an NFL game can take even longer due to the net playing time, it could also be that the Super Bowl does not end until 5:00 a.m. or even later.
If there is any overtime, the duration of the Super Bowl could be even longer if the game is tied after regular time.
The venue and stadium for Super Bowl LIX
The Super Bowl 2025 will be held in New Orleans. The venue for the 59th NFL final is the Ceasars Superdome. The stadium, also known as “The Dome”, was opened in 1975 and is located in the city’s central business district.
The Ceasars Superdome has a capacity for 73,200 spectators and is the home of the New Orleans Saints.
The arena, which opened in 2020 at a cost of around 1.8 billion US dollars (!), is the home of the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Ceasars Superdome – the Super Bowl Stadium 2025
The arena has been named after the hotel and casino company “Caesars Entertainment Inc.” since 2021. The contract runs for 20 years and is worth $138 million for a new name for the Superdome. Since then, the arena has been called Caesars Superdome.
New Orleans and the Superdome are hosting the Super Bowl for the 8th time. The last time the Super Bowl XLVII (2013) took place here.
The Superdome was also formerly the home venue of the NBA team New Orleans Jazz, which is now based in Utah. Other major events such as Wrestlemania have also been held here (2014 and 2018), and concerts are also regularly held here.
Super Bowl LIX tickets: How much does a ticket cost?
Every football fan would love to attend the Super Bowl at least once. However, it is an expensive pleasure. Super Bowl LIX ticket prices are very high. Prices of $10,000 to even $100,000 for exquisite box seats are often mentioned.
According to cbsnews.com, the average ticket price on the secondary market for the 2025 Super Bowl is around $10,000. The cheapest Super Bowl 2025 ticket is available for around $8,000.
However, if you want one of the best seats on the 50-yard line, you’ll probably have to fork out around $50,000.
Official Super Bowl tickets are much cheaper, however. They cost around $600. But: Super Bowl tickets are not available on the open market. Instead, you have to register for the official NFL ticket lottery by June 1, 2023 at the latest to be entered into the draw.
However, there are only around 1,000 tickets to “win” in this lottery. Well over 10 million people register every year.
Super Bowl LIX Teams: Who’s playing in Super Bowl 2025?
Who will play in Super Bowl LIX on February 9 will be decided during the season. First, the teams have to play the regular season and secure a place in the 2025 NFL playoffs.
The Super Bowl teams are always the champions of the two conferences, AFC and NFC.
The playoffs consist of three rounds leading up to the Super Bowl: Wild Card Round, Divisional Round and Conference Finals, in which the respective champions of the AFC and NFC are determined. Only then are the 2025 Super Bowl teams determined, which play for the “NFL championship title”.
Who will win Super Bowl 59?
Before the Conference Finals (also called “Conference Championships”) begin, the starting position for the 2025 Super Bowl teams looks like this:
The Kansas City Chiefs will play the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Conference Final. Both teams have been expected to participate in the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans since the start of the season.
The Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders will face each other in the NFC Conference Finals. While the team from Philly was expected to play for the Vince Lombardi Trophy from the start, the team from the capital surprisingly qualified for the “NFL semi-finals”.
Who will do the Super Bowl halftime show in 2025?
It’s the big question every year, besides the sporting aspect:
Who’s performing in the Super Bowl halftime show? The answer is: Kendrick Lamar!
“Meet me in New Orleans on February 9th, you don’t want to miss this. Dress up, even if you’re not there,” the West Coast rapper said in an official statement.
Three years ago, he was part of the Rap Legends halftime show with 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre and Eminem. However, Lamar only received a small part there.
“Few artists have influenced music and culture as profoundly as Kendrick Lamar. Time and again, Kendrick has demonstrated a unique ability to create moments that resonate, redefine and ultimately shake up the foundations of hip-hop,” said Seth Dudowsky, NFL’s head of music, on the league’s official website.
Lamar has won 17 Grammys in his career so far and received the Pulitzer Prize for his album “DAMN” in 2017.
How long is the Super Bowl halftime show?
The halftime show at the Super Bowl means that halftime is slightly longer than in all other regular season games. While there is normally a break of twelve minutes after the second quarter, the break at the Super Bowl is more than twice as long, lasting up to 30 minutes. This is because the stage has to be set up and taken down for the halftime show.
The halftime show itself lasts about 15 minutes in total.
However, there is no exact time for the start of the halftime show at the Super Bowl. That depends on how the game is going.
With the game starting at 12:30 a.m. and each quarter lasting 15 minutes – because the clock is stopped with every interruption – the Super Bowl 2025 halftime show is expected to begin around 1:30 a.m. But it could also be 2:00 a.m.
Who will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl 2025?
Before the big Super Bowl finale, there are also three musical highlights: the national anthem, the poem “America The Beautiful”, which was actually written for the 4th of July, and “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the unofficial anthem of African Americans.
The national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl will be sung by John Batiste (Oscar and five-time Grammy winner).
“America The Beautiful” will be sung by Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle. Ledisi sings ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’.
Super Bowl LIX Pregame is set to be a celebration in New Orleans. See you Feb. 9.
SBLIX@JonBatiste @Tromboneshorty @Lauren_Daigle @ledisi @R ocNation @NFLonFOX pic.twitter.com/mOVrHEhpMK
— NFL (@NFL) November 28, 2024
The Super Bowl commercials 2025
The commercials are of course also part of the Super Bowl 2025 broadcast. In addition to the game and the halftime show, they are even in third place in the favor of football fans in the USA, after the NFL final.
They are not just commercials, but short films with short stories. The cost for 30 seconds of advertising time this year is around 7 million US dollars.
In the US advertising of the almost seven-hour (!) Super Bowl 2025 live broadcast, numerous stars from music, film and sports will be featured again.
Last year’s Super Bowl broadcast featured football god Lionel Messi, the Beckhams, a host of Hollywood stars and NFL legend Tom Brady, among others.
At what time during the Super Bowl are the commercials produced specifically for this event shown? During the US broadcast, they are shown the whole time – before the game starts, in between quarters and, of course, before and after the halftime show.
