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How Las Vegas' airport plans to tackle the Super Bowl rush
09.02.2024 - 17:50 / thepointsguy.com / Taylor Swift / Airlines
As any Taylor Swift fan will tell you, Super Bowl LVIII will take place Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs.
More than 330,000 fans of football, sports betting and celebrations of all kinds are expected to descend on Sin City for Super Bowl weekend. At least half of those people are expected to arrive by plane.
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Some of those flyers will arrive on private jets, but most will catch commercial flights to and from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS).
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"We know that Thursday, Friday and Saturday leading up to the game will be the busiest for arrivals and that Monday will be the busiest single day for departures," LAS airport spokesperson Heidi Hayes said. "In fact, airlines have added more than 60 additional flights this weekend."
To welcome all those fans and send them home safely (and on time) after the big event, LAS airport has put together its own game plan.
"We want to get the fans excited as soon as they step off the plane," Hayes said. "So we've added activations to greet those visitors and get them pumped for the weekend."
Those activations include a replica "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign complete with a purple carpet for photo opportunities; official Super Bowl LVIII branding and logos at every turn; and Las Vegas showgirls and host committee volunteers on-site to greet fans and hand out swag.
Super Bowl fever will also extend to the airport restaurants, shops and concessions. Many will stay open for extended hours (and in some cases, 24 hours) after the game to offer fans football-themed decor and official Super Bowl merchandise.
The Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other local, state and federal agencies also have their game plan in place.
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"TSA is working closely with other DHS agencies to coordinate efforts and ensure that, collectively, it is a safe and secure environment for anyone who is in the Las Vegas metro area leading up to and during the Super Bowl festivities," TSA spokesperson Lorie Dankers said.
What Dankers describes as the "all-hands-on-deck" approach will include TSA officers from 33 different airports around the country supplementing the local Las Vegas TSA workforce. Explosive detection canines and their TSA handlers from more than 20 airports will also join forces with the TSA canine teams based in Las Vegas.
This will provide an added layer of security at transportation venues,
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