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NFL Adds 17th Regular-Season Game, Trims Preseason & Sets Date For 2022 Super Bowl At L.A.’s SoFi Stadium
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deadline.comNFL owners have voted to add a 17th regular-season game to the schedule for the upcoming campaign — the first time the schedule has grown in more than 40 years.The league also is reducing the number of preseason games from four to three.The official confirmation comes just days after the league agreed to a collection of landmark, decade-long rights deals with traditional media companies as well as Amazon.
The 17th game was a key ingredient in the multi-billion-dollar pacts.Along with the extra game news, the league also set the date for Super Bowl LVI, which will be played February 13 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The new mega-stadium that opened last year hasn’t had fans in attendance for games yet. The NFL officially tapped SoFi to host
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