Dec 15 [Reuters] - Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will be the site of Super Bowl LVIII when the NFL's championship game comes to Sin City for the first time in 2024, the league announced on Wednesday.
The state-of-the-art, $1.9 billion home of the Raiders, which opened in July 2020 near the famed Las Vegas Strip, was chosen after New Orleans backed out because the contest would have conflicted with the city's annual Mardi Gras celebration.
New Orleans will instead host the big game in 2025.
"The Raiders are thrilled the National Football League has selected Las Vegas to host Super Bowl [58] LVIII in February 2024," Raiders owner Mark Davis said in a statement.
"The Super Bowl is coming to the sports and entertainment capital of the world!"
Allegiant Stadium will also host the 2022 Pro Bowl and the 2022 NFL Draft.
Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles Editing by Toby Davis
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Super Bowl LVIII
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada is set to host Super Bowl LVIII
The Super Bowl will be held in Las Vegas in 2024 following a conflict with Mardi Gras in New Orleans, according to multiple media reports.
Super Bowl LVIII had been slated for New Orleans, but a conflict with Mardi Gras forced the NFL to look elsewhere for a site.
The Raiders are completing their second season of action in Las Vegas after relocating from Oakland.
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Allegiant Stadium, the new $2 billion home of the Raiders, opened in July 2020 near the city's famed Las Vegas Strip.
It holds 65,000 seats, below the NFL's required minimum of 70,000, but the league could either expand the stadium's capacity or waive the seating requirement.
Moving Super Bowl LVIII from Louisiana to Nevada would put three consecutive NFL title games in the Southwest.
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Super Bowl LVI is set for February 13, 2022, in Inglewood, California, and Super Bowl LVII will be held February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona.
New Orleans will host Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025.