10 cities that should host a Super Bowl

1. Las Vegas

Barring something completely unforeseen in a looming relocation vote by NFL owners, the Raiders will call Las Vegas home in a few years. The city’s ability to be a big pro sports market, beyond any gambling concerns, boxing matches and mixed martial arts events of course, will then be tested big time with the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights starting play next season.

The Raiders’ move will obviously come with a state-of-the-art new stadium for them to play home games in, which will theoretically put Las Vegas in line to host a Super Bowl. The transient nature of the city might also make it a place where football fans would plan a winter vacation around the Super Bowl, which could provide an extra boost to the local economy.

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Las Vegas as a Super Bowl host is clearly predicated on the Raiders moving there, otherwise there would not be a stadium to have the game at. But that seems like a foregone conclusion at this point, and as long as the NFL sees the market potential start to bear fruit Las Vegas will have a Super Bowl in due time.