A Year After Las Vegas Hosted Super Bowl More Subdued Vibe In Sin City During Big Game Weekend
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Just a year ago Allegiant Stadium hosted Super Bowl 58 and you might recall just about everyone in Las Vegas was drunk with joy.
Las Vegas is built for mega-events and Sin City was Win City on Super Sunday in 2024.
This big league sports stuff is still relatively new for this old horse town turned gambling mecca in the desert, so having the Super Bowl in Las Vegas validated this place as a major league sports town.
Interestingly enough even before the Big Game showed up in 2024, the Super Bowl weekend was already typically a busy time for Las Vegas and the Strip with more than 300,000 visitors and a buzz around the NFL’s premier game from Mandalay Bay to Circa.
The LVCVA tourism agency was expecting 316,000 visitors this weekend, though the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority could not pinpoint how many of those 316,000 out-of-towners were here specifically to take in the Super Bowl. The occupancy rate for the 150,419 available rooms was expected to be 87 percent.
But if you talk with locals, there’s a vibe that the buildup for Super Bowl 59 is so subdued after last year’s collective high of hosting Super Bowl 58.
It’s been the talk of pizza shop owners to observers of hotel room rates — the ramp-up to today’s big game is sluggish in Las Vegas.
And the occupancy rate might be 87 percent, but those room rates are bargain prices.
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How about $20 at Excalibur.
Or $25 at Flamingo.
There was a $24 room at the Luxor.
Over at the Strat, a $21 room was reduced to 19 bucks.
The Sahara was selling a room for $54.
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The average Super Bowl ticket of $5,658 — less than the average ticket cost at Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas.
The Eagles routed the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, after taking a 34-0 lead in the second half.
