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Super Bowl 56 is expected to set records, but how can it help Las Vegas prepare for its upcoming Big Game?

stadium, Los Angeles, SoFi Stadium
AP Photo/Morry Gash

SoFi Stadium stands Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. The stadium is the site of NFL football's Super Bowl 56, scheduled to be played Feb. 13

Super Bowl 56 is set to surpass several records. 

The big game--pitting the Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals-- is expected to attract 117-million viewers Sunday.  

That would be a 21 percent increase from last year. 

And though the game will be in Inglewood California, it’s already having a big impact in Las Vegas. 

According to the American Gaming Association – 31 million Americans will bet $7.6 billion dollars on the game. That would be another record. 

But the impact here will be felt in more than just Nevada’s sports books.  

In preparation for the superbowl in Las Vegas two years from now, Las Vegas police are studying how LA is working on traffic flow, safety and a whole host of other issues added to a city when hundreds of thousands of visitors show up. 

Mitch Moss, Host, Vegas Stats & Information Network; Brian Gordon, Principal, Applied Analysis; Rozanne Burke, Captain, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Adam Hill, Sports Writer, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Derek Stevens, Owner, Circa Resort

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Lorraine Blanco Moss is the host of KNPR's award-winning Asian American Pacific Islander podcast, Exit Spring Mountain. She's also a former producer for State of Nevada, specializing in food and hospitality, women's issues, and sports.