Even though most of the red and yellow confetti for the Kansas City Chiefs’ recent Super Bowl 57 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles has not yet finished falling, league and city officials are already looking ahead to next year’s edition of the biggest game in America, which, for the first time, will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
In a ceremony held outside of the Phoenix Convention Center, the Arizona Host Committee “handed off” the Super Bowl reins to Las Vegas, in the form of the Vegas Super Ball, a giant, 1,200-pound, 13-foot long football that will be carted around the city for various appearance as part of the lead-up to next year’s game, scheduled for February 11, 2024.
To cap the ceremony, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that Las Vegas is now officially “on the clock.”
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo was on-hand for the proceedings, and promised that viewers and fans are “going to be dazzled by the lights of the Las Vegas Strip” and that Allegiant Stadium will provide “an unforgettable Super Bowl experience,” as reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Ever since the Raiders franchise relocated to Las Vegas in 2020, the NFL and the city of Las Vegas have enjoyed an ever-expanding partnership; next year’s Super Bowl will represent the fourth major league event to be held in Sin City, in addition to the 2022 NFL Draft as well as the last two Pro Bowls.
The Las Vegas Super Bowl Committee, which will oversee the planning for the game, has estimated the overall economic impact of the event to be in excess of $500 million, conservatively.
In previous comments to the Review-Journal, economist Jeremy Aguero posited that the true total could reach $1 billion or more, all things considered.
