Las Vegas negotiating with NFL to host 2029 Super Bowl

Vincent Bonsignore, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Sep 18, 2025

Published in Football

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LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas could be on the verge of getting its second Super Bowl.

The NFL and the city have begun negotiations for hosting duties for Super Bowl 63 in 2029, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

The deal isn’t imminent, and there is work to be done in the next few weeks. But it’s clear the NFL is interested in returning to Las Vegas, and the city is prepared to oblige.

The NFL and the Raiders declined comment Thursday.

If the NFL and Las Vegas reach terms on an agreement, an announcement could come when owners gather in New York in October for the league’s fall meetings. If not then, it could be announced at the winter meetings in December. The NFL typically awards Super Bowl sites four years in advance.

Picking host cities

The NFL changed its process of deciding Super Bowl host cities in 2018. Before that, the league essentially held an open competition among multiple cities interested in bringing the championship game to their market. Since then, the league has narrowed its focus to one city for a particular year and begun negotiations with city leaders.

Within the past year, the Raiders and Las Vegas submitted a letter of intent to the NFL to host a Super Bowl in 2029, 2030 or 2031. The letter was in response to the NFL reaching out to the Raiders and Las Vegas to gauge their interest in being a host city during that time frame.

In the ensuing months, Las Vegas has met all the requirements and deadlines to position itself for hosting duties in 2029.

The NFL has zeroed in on Southern Nevada for Super Bowl 63 as a result.

That’s in contrast to New Orleans, which was under consideration for hosting duties in 2031. But the city missed a key deadline by failing to finalize a long-term lease between the Saints and the Caesars Superdome. It could jeopardize the city’s hopes of being awarded hosting duties in 2031.

“The NFL is not going to award a Super Bowl to a team that doesn’t have a lease for the year in which they’re requesting a Super Bowl,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

If it were up to Las Vegas, the game would be an annual event in the city. That’s a consistent message Steve Hill, the chief executive officer and president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, has relayed to the NFL during their frequent talks.

“Understanding that we’re kind of kidding, although we’re not really kidding,” Hill said in February. “If they wanted to do the Super Bowl here every year, we will do it here every year.”

Hill declined to comment Thursday.

Economic impact

Las Vegas hosted its first Super Bowl on Feb. 11, 2024, when the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 25-22 in overtime, in Super Bowl 58.

The spectacular show Las Vegas produced was a huge win for the NFL and the region.

According to a Super Bowl statistical recap posted on the official website of the City of Las Vegas, “an estimated 330,000 visitors were expected in Southern Nevada during Super Bowl weekend for the festivities and activities, including 62,000 fans who attended the game. The influx of visitors for the game was evident in the number of travelers at Harry Reid International Airport the Monday after the game, when the Transportation Security Administration screened an all-time single-day record of nearly 104,000 passengers.”

The report also pointed out how the record-breaking average of 123.4 million domestic and international viewers that watched Super Bowl 58 gave Las Vegas “a bigger reach to potential visitors.” The event generated 5 billion impressions through 14,000 news stories, according to the report.

The 2026 Super Bowl will be played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.; the 2027 Super Bowl will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.; and the 2028 Super Bowl will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.