NFL’s Pro Bowl Games leaving Las Vegas

The Pro Bowl Games are leaving Las Vegas and heading to Florida as Sin City prepares to host its first Super Bowl.

Orlando will again host the Pro Bowl on Feb. 4 at Camping World Stadium after having done so from 2017 to 2020, the NFL announced Tuesday. Super Bowl LVIII will take place at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11.

The league’s annual all-star game was in Las Vegas the past two seasons. The 2022 event featured the skills events at Las Vegas Ballpark, with the game at Allegiant Stadium. The reimagined 2023 Pro Bowl Games took place at the Raiders’ Henderson headquarters and Allegiant Stadium.

The 2023 event featured a new format that included a mix of live and taped skills competitions and a flag football game, with the NFL viewing flag football as a critical part of the sport’s future.

The 2023 event in Las Vegas drew 6.4 million viewers across Disney, ESPN, ABC, Disney XD and digital, with more than 58,000 attending the game at Allegiant Stadium, up 16 percent from the previous year.

“Building off the success from last year’s reinvented format that elevated flag football and introduced fun forms of competition and entertainment, we are thrilled to bring the 2024 Pro Bowl Games to Orlando,” said Peter O’Reilly, NFL executive vice president for club business and league events.

Although the same city has hosted the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl in the same year, it was unlikely that would occur this year in Las Vegas, with it being the city’s first time hosting the Super Bowl.

NFL executives have been making regular trips to Las Vegas, looking to finalize site selection for where the media center, various NFL sanctioned events and multiple TV studios will be located during Super Bowl week.

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