Raiders Make Run At Hosting 2024 Super Bowl At Allegiant Stadium; Will Also Seek A College Basketball Final Four For Domed Venue
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
With NFL team owners creating an open slot for 2024 in the Super Bowl schedule because of the Mardi Gras situation in New Orleans, the Las Vegas Raiders have jumped on the opportunity to try and host the league’s championship game by making a bid for the big game in 2024 in lieu of 2025.
New Orleans was going to host its Super Bowl in 2024, but the NFL and its owners unanimously decided to give the city Super Bowl LIX in 2025 because of a Mardi Gras conflict in New Orleans in 2024.
With that newly-created opening in 2024, the Raiders jumped at the chance to host the Super Bowl at their new Allegiant Stadium, a 65,000-seat domed stadium on the west side of I-15 across from Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. The Raiders are playing their inaugural season in the new stadium.
Las Vegas is already hosting the 2022 Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium and will also host the NFL Draft in 2022.
Super Bowl 55 is scheduled for Tampa in 2021; Super Bowl 56 is set for the Rams/Chargers new stadium in LA in 2022 and Super Bowl 57 is scheduled for the Cardinals stadium in Arizona in 2023.
Not only are the Raiders trying to snag Super Bowl 58 in 2024, the NFL team which built and runs the new stadium also wants Allegiant Stadium to host a Final Four during March Madness.
The bid windows for future Final Fours are not open, but when they are the Raiders will throw their hat in the ring and try to win a Final Four for their palatial sports stadium.
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