The Premier Lacrosse League, which staged a successful bubble season in Utah during the rise of Covid-19 last year, has set its 2021 broadcast schedule.
As pandemic limitations ease, games will be played in 11 U.S. cities starting early next month in front of limited crowds. Beyond the Covid comeback, the June-to-September TV and streaming schedule (see it in full below) is noteworthy for the 23 games exclusive to Peacock Premium. All 44 regular-season and playoff matchups will stream on Peacock, but about half will be simulcasts with NBC and cable’s NBC Sports Network.
The league is in the third and final year of its rights deal with NBCUniversal and is migrating from premium service NBC Sports Gold to Peacock. NBCSN will also be unplugged at the end of 2021, NBCU has said, with live sports shifting to USA Network and Peacock. The streaming service, which has drawn 42 million sign-ups as of March 31, has embraced live sports, with Premier League soccer and the recent arrival of the WWE helping drive viewership.
Here is the schedule (all times ET):
REGULAR SEASON
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
June 4 – 7 p.m., Peacock
June 5 – 5 p.m., NBC Sports Network; 7:45 p.m., Peacock
June 6 – 1 p.m., NBCSN; 3:45 p.m., Peacock
Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
June 11 – 7PM, Peacock
June 12 – 12PM, NBC; 3 p.m., NBCSN
June 13 – 1 p.m., NBCSN; 3:45 p.m., Peacock
Homewood Field, Baltimore, MD
June 25 – 8 p.m., NBCSN
June 26 – 5:15 p.m., Peacock; 8 p.m., NBCSN
June 27 – 12 p.m., Peacock; 2:45 p.m., Peacock
Shuart Stadium, Hempstead, NY
July 2 – 7 p.m., Peacock
July 3 – 12 p.m., NBC; 3 p.m., NBCSN
July 4 – 12:15 p.m., Peacock; 3 p.m., NBCSN
TCO Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
July 9 – 8 p.m., Peacock
July 10 – 6 p.m., NBCSN; 8:45pm, Peacock
July 11 – 5:45 p.m., Peacock; 8:30 p.m., NBCSN
PayPal Park, San Jose, CA
July 18 – All-Star Skills, 5:30 p.m., Peacock; All-Star Game, 7 p.m., NBCSN
Weidner Field, Colorado Springs, CO
July 30 – 9 p.m., Peacock
July 31 – 7:15 p.m., Peacock; 10 p.m., Peacock
August 1 – 2 p.m., Peacock; 4:45 p.m., Peacock
Tom and Mary Casey Stadium, Albany, NY
August 13 – 6 p.m., Peacock; 8:30 p.m., NBCSN
August 14 – 4:15 p.m., Peacock; 7 p.m., NBCSN
August 15 – 2 p.m., NBCSN; 4:45 p.m., Peacock
PLAYOFFS
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
August 20 – 8:30 p.m., Peacock
August 21 – 2:30 p.m., NBC; 6 p.m., NBCSN
Subaru Park, Philadelphia, PA
September 10 – Semifinals, 6 p.m., NBCSN; 8:30 p.m., NBCSN
Audi Field, Washington, DC
September 19 – Championship, 12 p.m., NBC