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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer
When you see the Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader helping plant trees and spread small decorative rocks around the garden park in the city of Henderson, it’s hard to believe the National Football League once looked at the Las Vegas market and saw the great gambling boogeyman.
My how things have changed.
Now, the country’s most revenue-rich professional sports league can’t get enough of the Las Vegas market.
After staging the Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium a year ago and the Draft on the Strip in April, the NFL is back with something called the Pro Bowl Games — AKA the Manning Brothers Comedy Show where Peyton and Eli Manning will choose teams that will compete in football skill competitions. The Super Bowl comes to Las Vegas in February 2024.
It’s a light-hearted weekend of fun and socializing for the NFL All-Stars, who actually now include the Raiders’ outgoing quarterback, Derek Carr, who was benched the final two games and is expected to be either traded or even cut.
The NFL held a PR tree planting event at a Henderson city park off the 215 to tell the world the league is into promoting a green and environmentally friendly lifestyle.
The Raiders’ team president, Sandra Douglass Morgan, was among about eight local and NFL folks saying nice things about the tree plantings.
The Pro Bowl Games are affordable. You can buy two tickets for less than 70 bucks to watch the flag football games and competitions.