NFC title game slightly delays Super Bowl stadium prep

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Last year the NFL had a team play in its home stadium in a Super Bowl for the first time. On Sunday, the league will see another first that does put a delay in some of their preparations for this year's big game.

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The NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers marks the first time that a conference title game is taking place at the Super Bowl venue. Katie Keenan, the NFL's Senior Director of Event Operations, said that the league had prepared for that contingency, but that it has delayed what work they can do inside SoFi Stadium.

"It puts us back a couple of weeks in certain areas, but we’ve still been able to do a lot of prep work that we started earlier in January," Keenan said.

While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made history last year for the Super Bowl, all three of their NFC playoff games were on the road. The Rams won the NFC West, which guaranteed them at least one postseason game.

The league began its work at the Hollywood Park site on Jan. 10, the day after the regular season. Some of the scaffolding work with tents and other hospitality areas were evident when the Rams hosted the Arizona Cardinals in an NFC wild-card round game on Jan. 17.

A general view of the stadium after a touchdown by Andre Roberts #7 of the Los Angeles Chargers during the fourth quarter /ad at SoFi Stadium on January 02, 2022 in Inglewood, California.  (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

More fence lines, auxiliary lighting and Super Bowl decor will be up on Sunday, but the league and Rams have worked together to make sure it won't severely impact parking. Some of the hospitality