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Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City will defend their NFL championship title Feb. 9 in New Orleans, against the Philadelphia Eagles. Here’s what to know about the matchup, the music at the Super Bowl, and how to watch the game — plus the latest on if Taylor Swift will be there.

We’ve been here before.

The Kansas City Chiefs are making their third straight trip to the Super Bowl — and their fifth trip in the last six years. This time could see Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes elevate his Kansas City team to the same elite championship level as superstars in other sports — with his name among the all-time greats like Michael Jordan and Derek Jeter.

Super Bowl 59 is the 11th time that the event is being hosted in New Orleans, the site of the Chiefs’ first-ever championship victory way back in 1970, tied with Miami for the most times as a city host.

Security precautions will be tight around the Superdome: New Orleans experienced a car attack on New Year’s Day that killed 15 people and injured numerous others. And Kansas City itself had a mass shooting at last year’s Super Bowl victory rally, which killed one and injured more than two dozen others.

So it’s likely that any victory celebrations may be scaled down — or at least look different than before. But first, the Chiefs have to win. Here’s everything you need to know about the potentially history-making Super Bowl 59.
Where and when to watch the 2025 Super Bowl

Super Bowl 59 is being held at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It will be televised in Kansas City on WDAF, FOX 4, and Nickelodeon at 5:30 p.m. Central Time.

Streaming is available on Fubo (try for free), Tubi and foxsports.com.

TelevisaUnivision will broadcast the game in Spanish in Kansas City on KUKC, channel 20. It’s the company’s second national broadcast of an NFL game.

Kansas City-based Tico Sports will also stream a Spanish-language radio broadcast of the game at Tico-Sports.com.

Who is performing the Super Bowl halftime show?

Fresh off his sweep of Grammys wins, Kendrick Lamar will be taking over the Apple Music halftime show at the Superdome. His most recent album, GNX, came out in November.

He’ll be joined by R&B artist SZA, who also appeared on GNX and will be embarking on a stadium tour with Lamar this spring. (No Kansas City dates, unfortunately — you’ll have to go to St. Louis if you want to see them in person.)

The national anthem will be sung by Jon Batiste.
How the Chiefs got here
Kansas City’s path to the Super Bowl was actually a lot smoother this season than last.

The Chiefs’ come-from-behind overtime victory against the San Francisco 49ers in 20-2024 capped off a tumultuous season, where a trip to (let alone a win in) Super Bowl 58 was never guaranteed. Last year, the defending champs actually had to travel for the AFC Championship, pulling off the victory in Baltimore.

But this regular-season the Chiefs earned the No. 1 seed in the conference by winning 15 of their 17 regular-season games. That gave them the right to host both the Divisional game and AFC Championship en route to the Super Bowl.