Officials promise 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas ‘is going to be spectacular’

Host Committee chairman estimates $500 million in economic impact

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Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak speaks during a news conference at Allegiant Stadium Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. NFL team owners voted unanimously to award Super Bowl LVIII to Las Vegas during a meeting Wednesday morning in Dallas.

Published Wed, Dec 15, 2021 (10:51 a.m.)

Updated Wed, Dec 15, 2021 (2:22 p.m.)

Super Bowl LVIII Announcement

Members of the the 2024 Super Bowl Host Committee, from left, Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, Henderson City Councilman John Marz, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, and Clark Commission Michael Naft pose during a news conference at Allegiant Stadium Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. NFL team owners voted unanimously to award Super Bowl LVIII to Las Vegas during a meeting Wednesday morning in Dallas. Launch slideshow »

On Sunday, Raiders owner Mark Davis sped past a news conference at Arrowhead Stadium with his eyes pointed downward and a blank stare. His demeanor couldn’t have been any different this morning during a news conference at Allegiant Stadium 

Davis beamed with pride as he was broadcast into the venue from the NFL owners meetings in Dallas, where Las Vegas was officially awarded Super Bowl 58, scheduled for February 11, 2024.

“When you’re not winning on the field, it’s kind of nice to win off of it sometimes, and today is a huge, huge win for all of us,” Davis said.

The $2 billion Allegiant Stadium was built with an eye toward hosting the biggest events, and now it gets the biggest one of all at what will be the conclusion of its fourth season as an NFL site. The Raiders might be struggling with losses in five of their last six games, but Davis and his staff remain bullish on the future of professional football in Las Vegas.

Hosting a Super Bowl is no small part of that, as the game is expected to pack a $500 million economic impact and generate an additional $70 million in tax benefits. That’s according to figures from Allegiant CEO Maury Gallagher, who will serve as chair of the Las Vegas Super Bowl Host Committee.

Gov. Steve Sisolak said the game would create thousands of part-time jobs and vowed the first Super Bowl played in Nevada would be the biggest and grandest one yet.

“No city at all is as well prepared to welcome football fans from around the world as is Las Vegas,” Sisolak said at the news conference. “Over the next two years, we’ll help raise awareness and excitement about Las Vegas and the entire state of Nevada.”

Sisolak reflected on the first time he visited the plot of land where Allegiant Stadium now stands with Davis four or five years ago. He said the team visited five or six potential sites that day, but everyone knew the location off the Russell Road exit of Interstate 15 was the ideal spot.  

The shot at a Super Bowl was one of the reasons he fought to keep construction of the stadium going last year through the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Nobody thought this would be possible,” Sisolak said. “We had a lot of naysayers that said it can’t happen. ‘You can’t build it; it won’t work; there’s no parking; there’s no fan base.’ We heard every excuse in the world, but the Raiders have persevered through this whole thing and made this a reality, and I could not be more proud of them. This was a long time coming but it wasn’t always a guarantee.”

Davis always maintained he wanted a few years for the Raiders to settle in and host other big events — including the Pro Bowl and NFL Draft, both of which will be in Las Vegas next year — before moving on to the Super Bowl. He got his wish, albeit one year earlier than initially appeared most likely.

Las Vegas was expected to get the 2025 Super Bowl until earlier this year when New Orleans pushed its next host year back. New Orleans went from having the 2024 to the 2025 game after the NFL added a 17th regular-season game, changing the Super Bowl date to conflict with Madri Gras.

New Orleans reportedly was aware on the possibility for more than a year, however, so Las Vegas likely enjoyed a similar heads-up. Gallagher called the 26-month lead time between the announcement and the game “the quickest turnaround for a modern-day Super Bowl host city,” but local government and tourism officials have long prepared for the opportunity.

A whole team attended the 2019 Super Bowl in Miami, the conclusion of the final season before the Raiders officially relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas.

“It has been a remarkable time for Las Vegas,” Steve Hill, CEO and president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, said from Dallas. “We are bringing the greatest championship game in the world to the greatest arena on Earth, and it’s going to be spectacular.”

Sisolak joked that Davis not only promised a Super Bowl upon bringing the NFL to Las Vegas but also a Raiders’ Super Bowl victory. He said he hoped the Raiders would break through and get to play for the Lombardi Trophy on their home field in a couple years, but even if not, it won’t be the last opportunity.

Sisolak expects Las Vegas to seize its opportunity as a first-time host city and get into a more frequent rotation to hold the game locally. The Raiders may look a ways off from championship contention given their recent struggles, and some big organizational decisions are ahead of Davis after last week’s blowout loss to the Chiefs.

But that was all secondary for at least one day with the Super Bowl announcement. Davis was in celebration after securing the first part of his promise.

“I told Nevada that they’re not only getting a football team, but they’re getting the whole National Football League and all the assets and powers that they carry,” Davis said. “And this year, in this short amount of time, we have been awarded the Pro Bowl, the NFL Draft and now the biggest prize of all — the Super Bowl. I’m just as excited as all hell for the Raider organization, Raider Nation, Las Vegas and the state of Nevada as a whole.”

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