AFC teams’ road to the Super Bowl could run through a half finished arena.Work is already underway on the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ ‘Stadium of the Future’, which is set to open in 2028.EverBank Stadium is a work in progressGettyThe team is playing at a reduced capacity of 42,500 at EverBank Stadium in 2026 and will relocate to Camping World Stadium in Orlando for the next campaign.It will usher in a bright new era off the field, and things are clicking into place on it, too.Jacksonville is 3-1 having beaten the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals and dropped a close game to the Denver Broncos.Only the 4-0 Kansas City Chiefs boast a better record and NBC Sports insider Mike Florio believes that the No. 1 seed may be heading to Florida.“At 3-1 through four games and with wins over the otherwise 3-0 Browns, the 2-1 Patriots, and 2-1 Bengals, the Jaguars are in position to eventually secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC,” he wrote. “They still have six games in the division, where the Colts, Texans, and Titans are a combined 2-10.“The Jaguars play the next two in London, against the injury-riddled Eagles and the disappointing Texans. “Some stiff tests remain (at Baltimore, at Chicago, at Dallas), but most of the remaining games are winnable, especially given the current quality of the team.”The Chiefs face stiff competition in the AFC West and Liam Coen will hope to pounce on any slips.“If they do, there could be a pair of postseason games with only 42,000 fans in attendance,” Florio added. “Which won’t be conducive to maximizing ticket revenues (or crowd noise) for the games, but that’s one of the realities of actively renovating a stadium while the team is still playing there.”“And it’s still far better for the Jaguars than playing in Buffalo or Kansas City or Baltimore or Cleveland or wherever.”Equipment is working throughout the seasonGettyCapacity will be increased alongside major upgrades to the experienceGettyJaguars’ EverBank renovation in full flowRenovations of EverBank Stadium, which hosted a 27-24 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the wild-card round of the 2025 NFL playoffs, have well and truly commenced.Capacity is set to be increased to over 65,000 in the $1.4 billion project, with upgrades to the fan experience throughout.“Obviously, you design a new stadium, you do it to meet all the needs,” Jags owner Shad Khan exclusively told talkSPORT in October.“But a Super Bowl now has really graduated to a event where it needs infrastructure besides the stadium, hotel rooms and so on, and Jacksonville doesn’t have that.“It does have the ability to host other NFL events, maybe the draft, and maybe some other elements, but the city will have to develop before we can be in the mix, but it’s a covered stadium, it’s in Florida, a lot of attributes, but it doesn’t qualify.”Join talkSPORT’s dedicated US Sports YouTube channel The S* Word every Tuesday and Thursday for our brand new NFL shows.On Tuesdays, Will Gavin and US senior reporter Brian T. Smith will debate the biggest talking points from the NFL weekend, while on Thursdays Efe Obada joins the crew to talk to players past and present and break down what to look for across the league.