An outside view of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The National Football League has actually bumped New Orleans as its Super Bowl LVIII city host in 2024, providing the city the occasion in 2025 rather.
When the league chose to include a 17th video game to its routine season, it pressed Super Bowl LVIII out a week, bringing it into dispute with New Orleans’ Mardi Gras occasion.
NFL owners will choose a prepare for the 2024 place over the next year, the league informed CNBC on Wednesday by means of e-mail.
“At the time of the quote, the league and host city accepted collaborate to award New Orleans the next readily available Super Bowl in case of a shift to a 17-video game season, which under the brand-new CBA [collective bargaining agreement] will be in impact throughout the 2023 season,” an NFL representative informed CNBC.
The Super Bowl occasion in 2025 will be the 8th time the occasion will be dipped into the Saints’ Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Crews test out architectural light ribbons and outside indication lighting as building and construction continues at Allegiant Stadium, the USD 2 billion, glass-domed future house of the Las Vegas Raiders on April 23, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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As for 2024, the Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium appears to be an ideal fit. Las Vegas’ brand-new approximately $2 billion arena, sustained by $750 countless public dollars from a hotel tax boost, debuted this season as the city invited the Raiders from Oakland.
Selecting Las Vegas would assist offset missing out on the 2020 NFL Draft, which was set up in Las Vegas in April however canceled due to Covid-19. Allegiant Stadium was likewise poised to host the 2021 Pro Bowl, which the league canceled on Wednesday due to the pandemic.
“We anticipate interest from Las Vegas and other cities around the country to host America’s most popular event,” the representative stated when inquired about speculation of the Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
The 2021 Super Bowl will be hung on Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, followed by SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in 2022, and the Arizona Cardinals’ house field of State Farm Stadium in 2023.
