“Just imagine the excitement of the Labor Day Classic or a Saturday night Battle of Alberta, and walking over to a licensed sports betting area to bet on who has the next touchdown or goal.”
—Steve Lautischer, acting vice president of gaming and cannabis, Alberta, Canada, Gaming, Liquor, and Cannabis Commission on the possibility of opening two private sportsbooks in Alberta, Canada
“It does kind of feel like the summit. We went from a conversation from maybe having a stadium, to obviously having one, to hoping we would be able to get a Super Bowl in Las Vegas and now actually making that happen.”
—Steve Hill, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority president and chief executive officer on the process it took to bring the Super Bowl to the city
“It validates Vegas as a professional sports town. We’ve added professional sports teams at a pretty good clip and there’s talk of the Oakland A’s becoming part of the landscape.”
—Josh Swissman, a founder of The Strategy Organization, on Las Vegas being awarded the 2024 Super Bowl
“I think Las Vegas getting a Super Bowl would be the biggest tourist event in its history and continue the stamp that live sporting events in the mecca of the sports-betting capital of the country are good for both gambling and the leagues.”
—Jeff Benson, sportsbook operations manager at Circa Sports
“He’s executed programs that are among the tops in town, and we’re trying to keep that level of excellence.”
—Sean Christie restaurant owner on hiring Francesco Lafranconi to handle the beverage area for his new Las Vegas steakhouse in Resorts World
“It is unconscionable that any workers in New Jersey would knowingly be subjected to carcinogens in the workplace.”
—Paul Moriarty, New Jersey Assemblyman, on his support for a bill to close the loophole that allows smoking on the casino floor.
