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New Orleans Saints Rumors: NFL considers moving 2024 Super Bowl from NOLA

By Nathan Beighle

NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 17: A view of an official Wilson Sporting Goods "The Duke" football with a New Orleans Saints team logo is seen at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 17, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 17: A view of an official Wilson Sporting Goods "The Duke" football with a New Orleans Saints team logo is seen at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 17, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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Awarded the 2024 Super Bowl rights back in 2018, the NFL is considering moving it from the New Orleans Saints home due to issues with Mardi Gras.

In a discouraging report, the New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans may lose the 2024 Super Bowl, a potential boon for the city’s economy. They would move it because of Mardi Gras, a historic event that takes place in New Orleans.

“The New Orleans Host Committee, led by the New Orleans Saints and Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, has remained in close communication with league officials about the change to a 17-game regular season, as it relates to the city hosting Super Bowl LVIII in 2024,” Saints vice president of communications Greg Bensel said regarding the potential move.

The league is moving towards a 17-game schedule. That’s going to move back dates and prompt chaos among already-scheduled events. The Super Bowl, and its location, will be one of them that is shifted to a later date.

For New Orleans, a city that has hosted ten Super Bowls, that could mean losing this one or seeing it rescheduled to a later year. The potential change was first brought to light by NewOrleans.football.com’s Nick Underhill.

According to Underhill, “the league and the city are currently exploring options for other dates and previously discussed contingencies during the bidding process.” That’s a good sign for the franchise that no doubt craves the bid for the event.

Underhill also noted that the bid proposal states the two parties will look for every possible avenue of continuing to host the event on time.

With Mardi Gras being a significant part of the city’s culture and on a specific timeline that will not be changed for anything, the NFL obviously wouldn’t morph their schedule just to yield to the city-wide festival.

However, it appears that they’d be willing to work with the city to potentially reschedule for a year that the two events are not within the same few days or few weeks. That, for the time being, is a plus and hopefully one that we see resolved in the near future.

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Tampa Bay is set to host the next Super Bowl in 2021 with Los Angeles and Arizona the next two suitors prior to New Orleans in 2024.

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