The NFL on Thursday officially revealed the field design for Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, which will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 8 (6:30 p.m. ET on NBC).
The natural grass surface at Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, prominently displays the NFL shield at midfield, just as it has for 46 of the first 59 Super Bowls and every year since Super Bowl XXXVIII during the 2003-04 season.
The logo for Super Bowl LX, which combines the Lombardi Trophy and Roman numerals with bright fluorescent colors and the silhouettes of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco skyline and redwood trees, has been placed at the 25-yard lines.
As the designated home team, the Patriots will occupy the west sideline of Levi’s Stadium, while the Seahawks will be on the east sideline. Both team areas are navy blue with their primary logo at the center, while an “America 250” stencil can be seen along the sidelines.
New England’s end zone, which is on the north side of the stadium, features the same logo to the left of their wordmark in white against a navy blue background with “It Takes All Of Us” behind the end zone, while Seattle’s navy blue end zone follows the same design with its logo next to a single-color wordmark and “Choose Love” in the out-of-bounds area.
The Patriots have used a royal or navy blue end zone in nine of their 11 previous Super Bowl appearances, including wins over the St. Louis Rams in XXXVI, Carolina Panthers in XXXVIII, Philadelphia Eagles in XXXIX, Seahawks in XLIX, Atlanta Falcons in LI and Los Angeles Rams in LIII, as well as losses to the New York Giants in XLII and XLVI and Eagles in LII. They had a red end zone in losses to the Chicago Bears in XX and Green Bay Packers in XXXI.
The Seahawks, meanwhile, have used a shade of blue in their end zone in all three of their previous Super Bowl appearances, including “Seahawks Blue” in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in XL and navy blue in a win over Denver Broncos in XLVIII and the aforementioned loss to the Patriots in XLIX.
The previous Super Bowl meeting between New England and Seattle had the AFC and NFC logos on the left side of their respective end zones, the Patriots’ logo on top of their wordmark and the Seahawks’ logo to their right of theirs. That was the last Super Bowl field design to feature conference designations in the end zones as the league moved to the current template.
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