Whether you’re in it for the biggest game in sports, or just excited for the food and halftime show, Super Bowl LVII is set to break some records, especially in betting.
The American Gaming Association said more than 50 million Americans will make some kind of wager on Sunday’s game pitting the Philadelphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs.
And it’s safe to say Mitch Moss will be, or already is, someone who has put down money on the game.
Moss is the host of the Vegas Stats & Information Network’s show, Follow the Money, and he’s the spouse of Lorraine Blanco Moss, a producer for State of Nevada. He spoke with State of Nevada host Joe Schoenmann along with Lori Nelson-Kraft with LVCVA, former NFL player Mike Pritchard and Mike Palm of Circa Las Vegas.
Super Bowl LVIII is planned for Feb. 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
What’s a good bet to make this year?
MOSS: Okay, so one tip when it comes to the Super Bowl, and you're gonna hear this from guys who do this for a living, the professional sports bettors, and they've been betting the Super Bowl for many, many years. They will tell you to look for unders more than anything else. That's because the general public, they treat it like it's a daily fantasy sports, and they think everybody's going to go off. So in the Super Bowl, for example, the general public, they're going to be betting in the over on Patrick Mahomes. The over on Jalen Hurts the over and Miles Sanders, the over on Travis Kelce. This is the one event where there's more money from the public side than you're going to get from sharper, respected money. They'll push up numbers to the point of where sharps are going to want to come in when they go up high enough. … Now that said, I will give you one person who I think will have a game and it's Kenneth Gainwell, who was a backup running back for the Eagles who was outstanding two games ago against the Giants.
What will next year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas be like?
MOSS: Las Vegas will be in the rotation to have the Super Bowl every three to five years in my opinion, like they put it in different cities every once in a while to throw a bone to different markets. But I would think if they had to shorten up the rotation of cities, it would be like New Orleans, Miami, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. And if they could ever boil it down to a four-city rotation, they'd probably be it, and what's not to love about the idea next year? As I said earlier today, it's almost too big. When you combine Las Vegas and the Super Bowl, it's like putting March Madness on New Year's Eve. You know, it doesn't get any bigger than what we're going to see next year.
What’s the party going to be like at Circa?
PALM: There'll be over 11,000 people at our various parties this weekend. I'll start down the street at the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center, the outdoor venue with over 6,000 people there watching the game. We'll put about 400 people in The D Ballroom, the Detroit ballroom, that's a retail event now. Our casino player party will be on the third floor here in the Galaxy Ballroom – 750 I think. There's about 400 on a waitlist for that, as well. And then we're overlooking this three-story sports book, that's about 450 seats. That's completely sold out. It has been since the start of the playoffs, whether it's a booth or recliner, or the stadium seating on the side. And then finally at Stadium Swim, our outdoor pool, which is six pools, heated all year round. We're a 365 operation. We'll get around 3,000 people out there, as well. And we still have some cabanas available on the upper level if folks are interested.
What’s the LVCVA looking at Phoenix?
NELSON-KRAFT: So the LVCVA is actually one of three groups of boots on the ground right now in Phoenix. We are learning, it's part of our obligation to the NFL for advanced preparations. We are getting a look behind the curtain, we are following around our peers. We're involved in meetings. We also are joined by the Las Vegas Super Bowl host committee, which is the 501c3 that … has its own staff ... They're learning as well from their peers, and public safety officials throughout Nevada are there working from Metro to county planning to emergency services. And they are behind the scenes with the NFL and Arizona's public safety officials. So it is a massive undertaking, and it's very collaborative and exciting. And come Monday morning, the narrative changes to Las Vegas.
How’s planning going so far in Las Vegas?
NELSON-KRAFT: All the venues have been locked down, hotels will start working on their packages and marketing them to bring their best players and but you know, expect a little splash come Monday morning as the game concludes. We'll go out and we're going to start talking about it big and so will the NFL, so there's a lot of pieces coming together and the NFL comes through here regularly working on their plans with us working with Clark County, working with emergency services, a lot of working groups. So it's just going to continue business as usual. But you're right, there's so many other things going on in the city. And we're equally excited for Formula One and putting a lot of effort into that, as well.
What should we expect from this Super Bowl?
PRITCHARD: I think we're gonna get fireworks, for sure. You know, you had a guy like Patrick Mahomes, who's an incredible, incredible player, coming off the injury with his ankle, I think he's gonna be close to 200%. So we're gonna get a true Patrick Mahomes impact in his game, I believe. And then you have the Eagles, like you mentioned, equally as good as the Chiefs, the number one seed in NFC. And a great story with Jalen Hurts as quarterback as he emerged [from] a team that is just loaded on offense and on defense and are well-coached. So I think we'll have fireworks. I think we could have a high-scoring affair.
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Guests: Mike Palm, vice president of operations, Circa Las Vegas, The D, Golden Gate; Lori Nelson-Kraft, senior vice president of communications, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; Mike Pritchard, former NFL player and football analyst; Mitch Moss, host, VSIN’s Follow The Money
