NFL Pro Bowl to Return to Super Bowl Week

The NFL Pro Bowl is moving back to the host city of the Super Bowl, this time as a broadcast-only event. The league has announced that the 2026 Pro Bowl Games presented by Verizon will be held in the Bay Area alongside Super Bowl LX Week, with the Pro Bowl in San Francisco and the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California.

As it has in recent years, the all-star Pro Bowl event will spotlight flag football and feature the league’s best players in an AFC versus NFC flag game, which will preview the sport ahead of its 2028 Olympic Summer Games debut.

“Building on our strong partnerships with the Bay Area Host Committee and ESPN, we’re thrilled to make the 2026 Pro Bowl Games presented by Verizon part of Super Bowl week, our biggest platform of the year, elevating flag football and our best players in a way that’s never been done before,” said Peter O’Reilly, NFL executive vice president of events, international and club business. “The Pro Bowl Games will not only be an exciting showcase of our best talent, but also a taste of the elite athleticism and dynamic action we can expect to see on the Olympic stage.”

The 2026 Pro Bowl Games will be an exclusively televised event broadcast from San Francisco’s Moscone Center, which will transform into a flag football arena designed for a TV production backdrop. Coverage of the Pro Bowl Games will be on ESPN starting at 6:30 p.m. ET with the flag game at 8:00 p.m. ET on February 3. The game will air on ESPN, Disney XD and ESPN Deportes.

The Super Bowl will be staged at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, on February 8.

“We are dedicated to making the Pro Bowl Games a prime-time television event that will enhance Super Bowl week,” said Burke Magnus, ESPN president of content. “Our shared vision focuses on using a production approach that spotlights the world’s best players in a manner unique to the Pro Bowl Games format, while highlighting flag football and its emergence on the global sports landscape.”

For the AFC versus NFC flag football game, the format will be 7-on-7. The game will take place on a 50-yard field with 10-yard end zones, with scoring plays worth the traditional six (6) points with a 1-point conversion from the 5-yard line, and a 2-point conversion option from the 10-yard line.