Super Bowl 2021: date, TV broadcast, halftime show & winner betting odds
Can the Chiefs defend their NFL title?
The Super Bowl 2021 is scheduled for February 7th. For the 55th time in NFL history, the best teams from the AFC and NFC meet to play their champions at the end of the playoffs.
This year there will be a duel between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
So that you start well-informed in the most-watched individual sports event of the year, we have summarized all the facts about the Super Bowl 2021 here – from the broadcast to the halftime show.
Betting Prediction: KC Chiefs
Odds: 1.60
Betting Prediction: TB Buccaneers
Odds: 2.45
When will the Super Bowl 2021 take place?
The Super Bowl traditionally takes place on the first Sunday of February of the year. This tradition has not changed in 2021 either. Since the first Sunday of this year is February 7th, those responsible have chosen this date.
Football fans in Germany and Austria can turn night into day, as is often the case.
On average, a Super Bowl lasts around 3 hours and 44 minutes – including all commercial breaks, halftime shows and the like. The award ceremony follows, which will also take some time.
Super Bowl 2021 broadcast: who’s showing Chiefs vs. Buccaneers?
No single sports event in the whole world draws more people in front of the screens than the Super Bowl. Year after year, records are broken in the final week, for example in terms of TV sets sold in the USA.
Last year around 115 million fans watched it in the United States alone.
Super Bowl LV location & stadium
The 2021 Super Bowl Stadium is in Tampa. For the third time in NFL history, Raymond James Stadium will host the most important game of the year.
In 2001 the Baltimore Ravens won there with 34: 7 against the New York Giants. Eight years later it was much tighter: With a 27:23 the Pittsburgh Steelers won the crown against the Arizona Cardinals.
The stadium opened in 1998 and typically holds up to 75,000 spectators. This will not happen in the current time. For the Super Bowl 2021, a maximum of 22,000 spectators will be admitted.
One of the special features of the stadium is Bucs Beach, for example. It usually opens well before the game and offers beach chairs, drinks and live DJs to get fans in the mood for the game to follow.
The 311-meter long pirate ship also brings a lot of atmosphere to the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers shortly before the games. The extent to which the traditions of the Bucs are also implemented in the Super Bowl can then be followed on game day.
Raymond James is also the name of the financial services provider who has been the main sponsor since it opened. By the end of 2026, the sponsor is having these naming rights cost $ 3.1 million per year.
Who is doing the Super Bowl 2021 Halftime Show?
The halftime show at the Super Bowl is expected more than the game itself by many fans all over the world. That is why the NFL usually does not mess and engages well-known musicians and bands year after year.
Last year, for example, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez shared the stage. The halftime show of the two was very positively received worldwide.
In 2021, The Weeknd will have the honour of entertaining small local audiences and fans in front of TV screens around the world. The Weeknd’s real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye and comes from Canada.
The R&B and hip-hop artist became known with his first album “Kiss Land”, which was released in 2013. The single “Blinding Lights” in particular became a big hit in Germany in 2019, so that The Weeknd turned into a successful world star.
In the course of its relatively young career, The Weeknd has won several important prizes, including “Best Urban Contemporary Album” (2018) and “Video of the Year / Best R&B” (2020).
The Super Bowl halftime show has been a traditional part of the NFL final since 1967. Well-known artists have been seen over the years. Among them were for example Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince and many more.
Whether there will be bets on the Super Bowl Halftime Show this year is still open. In recent years, betting company bet-at-home has had many different markets such as the first song by the artist or guest appearances.
Chiefs or Bucs – who will win the Super Bowl 2021?
After the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers qualified for the Super Bowl with wins in the Conference Championship Games against the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers, respectively, there are only 60 minutes of American football left in the 2020/21 season.
With the Super Bowl betting odds of the bookmakers, the Chiefs go into this final as their favourite. Conversely, the Buccaneers will be sent to the NFL final in 2021 as outsiders.
Both teams can accomplish something historic: The Chiefs would be only the eighth team in NFL history to defend their title. The last time the New England Patriots did that was 16 years ago.
The Bucs would do an even greater feat by winning Super Bowl LV: They would be the first team to win the Super Bowl in their home stadium.
Who will win the Super Bowl 2021?
Betting Prediction: Victory Chiefs
Odds: 1.58
Betting Prediction: Win Buccaneers
Odds: 2.45
This 2021 Super Bowl final is also explosive with regard to the two quarterbacks.
At the Chiefs, the 24-year-old young star Patrick Mahomes shines, at the Bucs, old master Tom Brady shows that even at 43 he is one of the best in his branch.
While Mahomes is in the Super Bowl for the second time – and even in a row – the Super Bowl 2021 is the 10th NFL final for Brady. He has won six of his previous nine.
The last Super Bowl winners at a glance
The winner of the Super Bowl has already been played 54 times. Reason enough to take a look into the past before the Super Bowl 2021 comes up.
In 2020, the Kansas City Chiefs triumphed in the end. After the 31:20 against the Los Angeles Rams, the Chiefs were allowed to celebrate as NFL champions for the first time since 1970. MVP Patrick Mahomes led his team to the second title in franchise history.
There have been many different Super Bowl winners in recent years:
The last 10 Super Bowl winners (Season, game, result)
2020 Kansas City Chiefs – San Francisco 49ers 31:20
2019 New England Patriots – LA Rams 13-3
2018 Philadelphia Eagles – New England Patriots 41:33
2017 New England Patriots – Atlanta Falcons 34:28 OT
2016 Denver Broncos – Carolina Panthers 24:10
2015 New England Patriots – Seattle Seahawks 28:24
2014 Seattle Seahawks – Denver Broncos 43-8
2013 Baltimore Ravens – San Francisco 49ers 34:31
2012 New York Giants – New England Patriots 21:17
2011 Green Bay Packers – Pittsburgh Steelers 31:25
A recurring name in the NFL Finals, however, is the New England Patriots. With Bill Belichik and Tom Brady, who is now playing for Tampa Bay, a real dynasty has been built up over the years.
With the success in 2019, the Patriots also became the Super Bowl record winners.
After six wins, the team is level with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who, however, have fewer finals.
The Super Bowl record winners
New England Patriots – 6 – 11 – 2019
Pittsburgh Steelers – 6 – 8 – 2009
Dallas Cowboys – 5- 8 – 1996
San Francisco 49ers – 5 – 7 – 1995
Green Bay Packers – 4 – 5 – 2011
New York Giants – 4 – 5 – 2012
