The NFL is transferring the Professional Bowl Video games to Tremendous Bowl week this February, the league introduced on Wednesday.
Staging the showcase within the Bay Space forward of Tremendous Bowl LX is meant to shine a brighter mild on flag soccer forward of the game’s Olympic debut in Los Angeles in 2028.
“Constructing on our robust partnerships with the Bay Space Host Committee and ESPN, we’re thrilled to make the 2026 Professional Bowl Video games introduced by Verizon a part of Tremendous Bowl week, our greatest platform of the 12 months, elevating flag soccer and our greatest gamers in a manner that is by no means been executed earlier than,” stated Peter O’Reilly, NFL government vp of occasions, worldwide and membership enterprise.
“The Professional Bowl Video games won’t solely be an thrilling showcase of our greatest expertise, but additionally a style of the elite athleticism and dynamic motion we are able to count on to see on the Olympic stage.”
The Professional Bowl Video games sometimes are held throughout the additional week between the convention championship video games and the Tremendous Bowl. They had been held in Orlando, Fla., the previous two years following two years in Las Vegas.
Protection of the 2026 Professional Bowl Video games will start on ESPN at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The flag soccer sport will start at 8 p.m. ET on the Moscone Heart, a conference heart advanced in San Francisco.
“We’re devoted to creating the Professional Bowl Video games a prime-time tv occasion that may improve Tremendous Bowl week,” stated Burke Magnus, ESPN president of content material.
“Our shared imaginative and prescient focuses on utilizing a manufacturing method that spotlights the world’s finest gamers in a fashion distinctive to the Professional Bowl Video games format, whereas highlighting flag soccer and its emergence on the worldwide sports activities panorama.”
Tremendous Bowl LX is on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
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