If you’re heading to SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl LVI, be prepared to sweat off a few pounds. According to some recent weather reports, we could be headed towards the hottest big game in NFL history.
A high-pressure dome has been sitting over California, causing temperatures to rise over the weekend, according to Fox 11 L.A. An excessive heat watch was issued by the National Weather Service during the week, and while it’s expected to cool down a bit by Sunday, temperatures in Los Angeles are still expected to hit the mid-to-upper 80s.
The current record for hottest Super Bowl was in 1973 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, when the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins played in 84-degree weather. As for this year’s Super Bowl, Fox 11’s Soumada Khan says temperatures could reach as high as 87 degrees.
And on top of that, SoFi Stadium is still considered an outdoor stadium, despite it’s roof. And it also has no air-conditioning, despite being a state of the art facility that promotes itself as “climate controlled.”
With the game set to kick off at 3:30 p.m. local time, the players will be playing through what will be perhaps the hottest part of the day. Still, it won’t be scorching hot. Nothing an extra cup or two of Gatorade can’t take care of.
