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NFL Unveils Logo For Super Bowl 59 In New Orleans, And Here Are The Colors For You Conspiracy Theorists

With Super Bowl LVIII officially in the books, the NFL has already started the process of looking ahead to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans by unveiling the logo for the game. 

The league almost always unveils the new logo on the Monday after the Super Bowl, and this year was no exception. During a press conference in Las Vegas, the NFL showed off the new logo, which is full of bright colors -- exactly what you'd expect for a Super Bowl in New Orleans. 

The logo was designed by Tahj Williams, who is the queen of her Black Masking Indian tribe. According to the NFL, Williams built the logo using beads. 

New Orleans was actually supposed to host Super Bowl LVIII this year, but the city had to give up hosting duties after the NFL added an extra week to the schedule in 2021. With the addition of the 17th game, that pushed the Super Bowl back a week, and because of that, it was going to overlap with Mardi Gras this year, and New Orleans didn't want to be hosting both events at the same time. 

The league handled the problem by letting Las Vegas host this year and moving New Orleans to February 2025. 

The Big Easy has been hosting Super Bowls for nearly 50 years. This will mark the 11th time that New Orleans has hosted a Super Bowl with their first one coming during the 1970 season (Super Bowl IV) in a game that the Chiefs won. It's starting to seem like they win every Super Bowl. 

The most recent Super Bowl in New Orleans came in February 2013 when the lights went out in a game where the Ravens beat the 49ers, 34-31. 

For you Super Bowl logo conspiracy theorists out there, this one is going to be tough to crack because there are so many colors in the logo. There are shades of orange (Bengals, Broncos, Bears or Browns), red (Chiefs or 49ers) and purple (Ravens, Vikings). And then there's also a bright green, and there's only one team that wears bright green: Hello, Seahawks. 

The Super Bowl logo conspiracy theory got big this year after Aaron Rodgers made note of it in January. 

Although the Ravens didn't make it to the game, you could certainly argue that the conspiracy theory is very much alive because there was red on the logo and both the Chiefs and 49ers wear red, which means both teams were actually represented on the logo. See, now you have me going down this rabbit hole. 

Anyway, Super Bowl LIX will be kicking of on Feb 9, 2025 and will air on Fox. 

The 49ers (+550), Chiefs (+650), Ravens (+900) and Bills (+950) are currently the top favorites to get to the big game next year. You can see the full Super Bowl LIX odds for every team by clicking here. 

'NFL Rigged' Conspiracy Theorists Have Everything They Need After Wild Super Bowl Finish

There's always something for the NFL conspiracy theorists to discuss, and they came close to having another option after Super Bowl 2024.

Earlier in the week, ESPN's Adam Schefter posted a joke from outgoing CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus that "the NFL has alerted us that, for the first time ever, we will have a double overtime game [in the Super Bowl]."

McManus also added, jokingly, that, "You pay $2.1 billion, you get double overtime," according to The New York Times.

And if Patrick Mahomes didn't find Mecole Hardman in the end zone to clinch the Chiefs' 25-22 victory, a second overtime would've been needed to determine a winner.

"NFL is basically the WWE now," Will Compton, a former NFL linebacker and current "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast host, wrote in a post on X.

"All scripted. Fixed. They pick who they want to win. It's all for entertainment & honestly I don't even know why I watch & care so much. It's all fake."

Sean McManus' double-overtime joke almost became a reality Sunday in Super Bowl 2024. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

While Compton was all but certainly joking, there were plenty of true believers on social media who were sent into a frenzy over a storybook ending that included Taylor Swift cheering on boyfriend Travis Kelce as he led the Chiefs to victory.

Even President Joe Biden jokingly responded to the masses by commenting, "Just like we drew it up," on X and Instagram, along with an image of the "Dark Brandon" meme.

"Taylor Swift won the Super Bowl and next she will win the election for President Biden," was one sampling of a popular response to Biden's tweet.

Sunday marked the first game that needed the NFL's altered overtime rules, which were changed — allowing both teams to possess the ball at least once, pending a safety or defensive touchdown — following the Chiefs' divisional-round thriller against the Bills in January 2021.

Travis Kelce celebrates after the Chiefs defeated the 49ers in Super Bowl 2024. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

If the Chiefs and 49ers were still tied after both getting the ball once, it turned into a sudden-death scenario.

But if the 15-minute frame ended without a winner, the time would reset for a second overtime.

Kansas City almost needed a second overtime, as three seconds were remaining when Hardman caught the game-winning touchdown.

Taylor Swift waves during the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

The 49ers started overtime with a 13-play, 66-yard drive that took 7:38, and the Chiefs followed with a 13-play, 75-yard drive of their own that basically used every remaining second.

That was close enough for McManus' comments to resurface and bizarre theories about the result being scripted to emerge.

Earlier this postseason, another strange conspiracy theory was posed by some that involved the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl and Swift endorsing Biden for the 2024 election.

There was, of course, no endorsement after the game — just an on-field kiss between Swift and Kelce, along with plenty of cheering from the suite and dancing at an afterparty.

But if the Chiefs had only managed a field goal or didn't score until third-and-goal, it would've created a strange scenario for McManus to navigate in his final months in charge of CBS.

He'll retire in April following a CBS tenure that started in 1996 as president, with current president David Berson taking over.

Patrick Mahomes' touchdown pass helped the Chiefs win the first game that needed the NFL's new overtime rules. Getty Images

"The reaction has been very positive, so I feel good about everything," McManus said in September, according to the Associated Press. "We really don't have any major rights negotiations coming up in in the next number of years. So, I think the timing is really good. And to be able to go out with a Super Bowl, March Madness, and The Masters is good timing for me and the division."

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