Las Vegas, once considered untouchable by the National Football League because of legalized sports betting, will host its second Super Bowl in five years, the league and the Las Vegas Raiders announced Monday.

The announcement for the 2029 game was made in Phoenix, where the NFL was hosting its annual meeting. The 32 team owners voted unanimously to bring the championship game back to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) CEO Steve Hill and Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan attended the meeting.

Meanwhile, the LVCVA and the Raiders hosted a watch party in Allegiant's parking lot with a live stream of the announcement.

The NFL once shunned Las Vegas, threatening legal action to keep the LVCVA from advertising the city during the telecast of the Super Bowl. The contentious relationship evaporated after the league approved the Raiders' move from Oakland in 2017, and the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018  ruling that all states could legalize sports betting.

Hill credited Las Vegas' partnership with the league as the city hosted the NFL Draft in 2022, the Pro Bowl in 2023 and the Super Bowl in 2024.

"Allegiant Stadium has been transformational for Las Vegas. It has elevated our city, it has raised our global profile," Hill said. 

Given the financial success of Super Bowl 58 in February 2024, which resulted in more than $1 billion in economic impact in Southern Nevada, community leaders and the Raiders lobbied the league to return the game to Las Vegas.

Raiders General Counsel Justin Carley, who represented the team for Las Vegas announcement, said the unanimous vote by the owners was a recognition of the value Las Vegas brings to the table.

"Clearly, Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas was a tremendous success," Peter O'Reilly, NFL executive vice president of league events, said at the Phoenix meeting.

He added that he expects Las Vegas to "raise the bar. That's what they do. They take on big events, and every time they innovate, they think differently."

MGM Resorts International Senior Vice President Lance Evans committed to that request. 

In 2024, MGM's Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosted a variety of activities surrounding the game, including the media center and "radio row," which drew a worldwide audience of journalists from print publications, cable television, internet sportscasts and podcasters.

One of the league's marquee events, the Super Bowl Experience, which featured interactive exhibits, was also held at Mandalay Bay and drew more than 200,000 visitors over three days. 

"We're committed to making this the best event that we can, increasing the activations and making programming different and better," Evans said, adding that the "global nature of Las Vegas will attract not only fans going to the game, but people want to be in the mix during such a mega event."

Back to Allegiant Stadium

Super Bowl 63 will again be played at the 65,000-seat Allegiant Stadium and include a week's worth of events and activities surrounding the annual NFL championship game. Tourism officials and community organizers will create a Las Vegas Super Bowl Host Committee to oversee the community's engagement.

The three-year lag time is typical because it allows for planning events surrounding the game. The announcement for the 2024 game happened in 2021, a year after the Raiders officially moved to Las Vegas from Oakland, and three years after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed states to legalize sports betting.

The 2024 game, in which the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime, fueled visitor spending of $877 million, according to economic advisory firm Applied Analysis.

The game drew more than 330,000 visitors to the city, helping to boost overall visitor volume by almost 10 percent for February 2024.

Visitors in town for the Super Bowl spent an average of $2,660, roughly twice as much as a typical visitor — $1,260 per trip. Wagering on the game statewide was $185.56 million, a single-game record, according to the Gaming Control Board.

In 2024, the Opening Night celebration drew 30,000 fans who paid $30 each to attend just to watch the Chiefs and 49ers parade into Allegiant Stadium to participate in interviews with several hundred media outlets.

Another event at Allegiant

The Super Bowl will be the third major championship event over the next three years Las Vegas will host at Allegiant Stadium. The 2027 College Football Playoff National Championship is scheduled for Jan. 25, and the 2028 NCAA Men's Final Four basketball championship will take place April 1 and 3.

Super Bowl 61 will be played in Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium next February, with Super Bowl 62 going to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta in February 2028.

Updated at 5:12 p.m. on 3/30/2026 to include information from the announcement.