Las Vegas could be in play for 2025 college football title game

Las Vegas officials person made nary concealed they are funny successful bringing large sporting events to Allegiant Stadium, which could see the assemblage shot rubric crippled arsenic aboriginal arsenic January 2025.

But the College Football Playoff absorption committee indispensable archetypal determine whether to grow its four-team playoff tract and by however many. From there, members volition crook their attraction afloat to whether Las Vegas volition beryllium a aboriginal big for the nationalist championship.

No section officials confirmed straight that Las Vegas is successful discussions for the 2025 crippled aft a nationalist study surfaced Thursday. But nary 1 denied it, either.

“We are actively evaluating and pursuing respective large events which volition beryllium impactful for Allegiant Stadium and our Las Vegas partners and community,” stadium wide manager Chris Wright said successful an email. “When events are secured and finalized, accusation astir those events volition beryllium released publicly.”

If Las Vegas lands the 2025 game, it would beryllium the archetypal large assemblage nationalist title successful Southern Nevada, the latest illustration of the Raiders fulfilling the committedness that Allegiant Stadium would pull high-profile sports and amusement events.

The NFL announced past period that the 2024 Super Bowl would beryllium played astatine Allegiant, which this twelvemonth besides volition big the East-West Shrine Bowl connected Feb. 3 and the Pro Bowl connected Feb. 6. The NFL draught volition beryllium connected the Strip from April 28 to 30.

T-Mobile Arena volition beryllium location to NHL All-Star Weekend connected Feb. 4 and 5 arsenic good arsenic a 2023 NCAA men’s hoops determination and 2026 NCAA men’s hockey Frozen Four.

Despite the study that Las Vegas had so secured the 2025 game, CFP enforcement manager Bill Hancock and Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson said deciding connected the size of the playoff tract is the archetypal priority.

Hancock said successful a substance connection that “nothing has been decided” regarding aboriginal hosts. He added the format would request to beryllium “finalized for those years, past the absorption committee volition corroborate the crippled dates, past we volition speech to imaginable big cities astir the expectations of a host.”

The 2025 crippled volition beryllium the 11th nationalist title since the athletics went to a playoff system, and Las Vegas would beryllium the 11th metropolis to big it.

College football’s adjacent rubric crippled volition beryllium played Monday successful Indianapolis betwixt defending champion Alabama and Georgia, and the adjacent 2 volition beryllium successful Inglewood, California, and Houston.

The title would make a large fiscal interaction for Southern Nevada, packing edifice rooms and restaurants arsenic good arsenic helping capable seats for shows connected the Strip. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, big cities typically estimated the economical interaction astatine much than $200 million.

Miami Gardens hosted successful 2021, but didn’t person that benignant of fiscal boon due to the fact that of COVID. Attendance was capped astatine 16,000 for Hard Rock Stadium, which seats much than 65,000, and CFP absorption committee members are apt to look astatine returning to South Florida successful the adjacent aboriginal to assistance marque up the difference.

Review-Journal newsman Mick Akers contributed to this report. Contact newsman Mark Anderson astatine manderson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @markanderson65 connected Twitter.