Super Bowl 60: What Time Does The Game Start and End?
When it comes to the biggest sporting event of the year, the schedule is honed down to the second.
Super Bowl 60 featuring the Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET although the true opening kickoff could be a few minutes after that, as the network looks to maximize viewership of the pregame ceremonies and high-priced commercials before the game begins.
Super Bowl 60 Opening Ceremonies
This Super Bowl will be held at the home of the San Francisco 49ers – Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock.
The official gametime is 6:30 p.m. ET and Peacock lists the start at 6 p.m. to account for pregame ceremonies. Coco Jones will sing “Lift Every Voice,” Brandi Carlile will sing “America The Beautiful,” and Charlie Puth will sing the national anthem, with select and offshore betting markets likely available on the duration of those renditions.
The opening coin toss will be the subject of scrutiny as an early betting market, and there are even markets on what cameras will pan to during these opening ceremonies.
Then the game is expected to kickoff promptly at 6:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. local time. However, last year the kickoff was not until 6:41 p.m. ET and 5:41 p.m. local time in New Orleans.
Super Bowl Halftime
When the first half concludes, event staff will race to get a stage set up on field for a halftime performance from Bad Bunny with several surprise guests likely to show up during a 15 to 20-minute set.
While halftime of most NFL games runs 12-15 minutes, the Super Bowl should have a 25-30 minute break between the second and third quarters.
Super Bowl Conclusion
The conclusion of the game depends on how it unfolds, with 60 minutes of gametime in regulation and the potential for overtime.
The average NFL game runs 3 to 3.5 hours and the Super Bowl should last closer to 4 hours given the lengthy halftime show and other game breaks for advertisements.
So the estimated end time for Super Bowl 60 would be 10:15 p.m. ET
The shortest Super Bowl on record lasted 3 hours, 14 minutes and the longest Super Bowl lasted 4 hours, 14 minutes due to a 34-minute power outage delay.
Super Bowl 58 went into overtime and lasted 4 hours, 6 minutes, ending after 10:30 ET. Super Bowl 59 was a blowout win, but still last 3 hours, 36 minutes, ending at 10:17 p.m. ET.
