Blogs from Nevada, United States, North America

Las Vegas authorities estimate that around 450,000 people will visit the city for the big event, although most of them, obviously, won’t be able to enter the stadium. The game will take place at Allegiant Stadium, a state-of-the-art facility and home of the Las Vegas Raiders, with a capacity for 65,000 fans for a regular game. For this matchup, however, it’s estimated that there will be around 72,000 people in attendance. That may sound like a lot, but this stadium actually has the fifth-smallest capacity of all the venues in the league, which has only contributed to ticket prices going up for this edition. According to StubHub’s data, 26% of ticket buyers are from California, meaning Niners fans could have home-field advantage. Nevada and Kansas/Missouri are next with eight and seven percent, respectively. This ... read more

The Super Bowl has been played 58 times, so plenty of venues have had a chance to host the NFL’s biggest game. NFL owners decide where future Super Bowls will be played at, and they have always been played in a metropolitan area where an NFL team is located. In the early days of the league, that meant that Super Bowl venues were sometimes located in a stadium that an NFL team didn’t play at, but now, Super Bowls are always in the stadium of an NFL team. To host a Super Bowl, a venue/city must meet a number of requirements. Among those include a minimum of 70,00 seats in the stadium, an average game day temperature of at least 50 °F (unless the stadium has a roof), room for the NFL Experience and Gameday Experience, ... read more

Newsweek says: The most affordable tickets in the nosebleeds are tagged at $6,609 on SeatGeek, but that's just the entry point; there are tickets selling for as high as $62,999. As of today (Jan 29) seats have reached $8,000+. This is true for all ticket vendors: Ticketmaster, Stub Hub, etc. My friend was comped a lower level seat ticket from a Strip casino, with a face value of $10,000! Ticketmaster's lowest price as of January is $8,000. One strategy that I have used successfully for the World Series is to wait until kickoff/first pitch. Carrying around that much cash is rather problematic, so I will use Venmo or Zelle. Flights aren't cheap, either. A cross-section of round-trip flights from major cities like Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Houston averages $712.25. My round trip airfare is ... read more

I have not been to a Super Bowl game since my Niners lost to the Ravens in 2014 in Nawlins. I passed up the Niners last Super Bowl in Miami, as it was too expensive. The big game this year will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. If my Niners make it, I plan to go, and stay with our dear friends up in Summerlin at the TPC Summerlin Golf Club. One of the highlights of Super Bowl weekend is the day before at the Superbowl Experience, now four days instead of just one. This year, the SB Experience will be held at the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center on the Strip. While I much prefer New Orleans to Vegas, I am sure we will find plenty to occupy our time. But I plan ... read more

Looking back, many of our trips to Vegas in the 90s and early 2000s were in December, to join my family for a few days. We almost always stayed downtown, since it was my Mom's preference, and the rooms were comped or very inexpensive. We met up every morning for breakfast, then went our separate ways, to gamble, play golf, or go to a show. Then, we would all meet up for dinner. My Mom would always claim to have won a jackpot and bought dinner. I don't think she won that often? Here is the story: We are having a great time here in Vegas. The best parts are seeing our dear friends here and sharing the time with our family. My Mom enjoys gambling here so much, as does one of my Uncles, who ... read more