As Predicted Here, The First Super Bowl In Las Vegas Was "A Smash Success"
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Vegas tourism officials say the economic impact of Super Bowl 58 may be better than expected.
The NFL championship event held Sunday at Allegiant Stadium was estimated to bring in at least $500 million in spending, a figure that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said could be lower than what future economic impact reports, expected in the coming weeks, will show.
Before Super Bowl weekend, analysts predicted around 330,000 people would visit Las Vegas for the big game and its festivities. But now, that number could reach as high as 450,000, officials say. And spending over the long Super Bowl weekend could reach as high as $1.1 billion.
“Anecdotally, it looks like the estimates that we’ve been putting out are gonna be a little conservative,” Steve Hill, president and CEO of the LVCVA, told the media after Tuesday’s board meeting. “Just talking to the properties about how the week went for them — better than expected, which expectations were pretty high. So we’re pretty happy about that.”
Staff told the LVCVA Board of Directors that there were 300 events in the days leading up to and on Sunday, such as property-specific watch parties and NFL-sanctioned events.
Well, well, well. Who would have thought?
Certainly not that turd in the punch bowl Joe Buck- who predicted disaster.
In his defense, if you remember when the NBA All-Star Game hit Vegas in 2007, it was a nightmare. But the city got its act together and absolutely crushed everything- top to bottom- the entire week.
As happy as the city of sin has to be about all this, nobody can be more thrilled than the NFL.
Talk about an economic impact that hit the jackpot, bringing in an unexpected windfall of over $500 million (and counting).
Half a million visitors descended upon the city, to be apart of the spectacle.
The city was buzzing with a record-breaking 300 events, transforming the Super Bowl into the world's most glamorous tailgate party. From luxurious watch parties to NFL-sanctioned extravaganzas, Vegas pulled out all the stops to ensure the festivities were nothing short of legendary.
The event generated a staggering 14,000 news stories and made 84 billion social media impressions. Do you know how hard that fact makes Gaz' dick?
NBC Las Vegas - Tourism officials shared marketing details related to Super Bowl 58 and how many eyes were on Las Vegas.
The LVCVA held its monthly board meeting inside of the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Marketing officials expressed how many people watched Sunday's big game, putting Las Vegas in the world spotlight.
Officials said Las Vegas received about half a billion dollars worth of marketing during Super Bowl week.
Marketing executives said instead of buying a Super Bowl ad they relied on social media influencers. Las Vegas made 84 billion social media impressions.
14,000 news articles were written about Las Vegas. Super Bowl 58 was the most watched telecast on record with more than 200M viewers who watched all or part of the game.
"Las Vegas had one shot to make Super Bowl 58 one of the greatest Super Bowls, and it delivered," said LVCVA CEO and President Steve Hill.
And let's not forget the historic amount wagered at Nevada sportsbooks and the record-breaking TV viewership. It seems the entire planet tuned in to catch a glimpse of the action, making Super Bowl 58 the most watched telecast on record. With an average daily room rate that soared to new heights and an occupancy rate that nearly maxed out, Vegas hotels were the real MVPs, smashing records left and right. And the best part? From a guest standpoint, it never felt overwhelming or over capacity because of the amount of hotels, rooms, restaurants, clubs, bars, etc. and how spread out everything is.
It's almost like somebody predicted this. Down to a T.
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In true Vegas fashion, the city proved that when it comes to hosting the biggest events, it plays to win.
Fox News stopped by our Gronk Beach party at Encore Beach Club to interview Gronk on stage, and he also agreed that the NFL should just have the Super Bowl in Vegas every year.
As for wrapping things up, leaving town Monday was nowhere near the hellish experience it is every other year. The airport was surprisingly well-prepared, you could tell they were overstaffed, and TSA was shockingly on its game getting people through security and to their gates as quickly as possible.
In case you can't tell, I really can't deepthroat the city more than I already have.
It really sucks that they're letting a sleezeball like John Fisher steal his team away from Oakland, but I'm pumped for Las Vegas to be getting a baseball team. What its done with the Knights and the NHL, and now with the Raiders will just carry over into baseball, making it a premier destination for fans of visiting teams who will be circling those games every year on the calendar and booking trips to watch their team take on the A's. And Vegas will welcome them with open arms. Which is really crazy to think in the grand scheme of things when you think back to what a taboo subject Las Vegas was whenever you discussed sports. We've come a really long way.