Russell Wilson #three of the Seattle Seahawks on the 2019 NFL Professional Bowl
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Virtually yearly since 2008, talks surrounding the Nationwide Soccer League’s Professional Bowl location arises, and this yr isn’t any totally different.
As soon as once more, the NFL will head into this spring with a choice to make on the Professional Bowl’s location, as its year-to-year choice is ready to run out in Orlando. And now, the concept of transferring the occasion to Las Vegas or Los Angeles is being thought-about, in keeping with league officers.
“It has been an incredible 4 years,” Peter O’Reilly, government vp of NFL occasions and membership enterprise improvement, advised CNBC. “From our perspective, it is taking a look at what are the opposite choices.”
It’s not the first time the league has been rumored to move the event. Final yr, the Orlando Sentinel talked about the sport was on the verge of relocating, however league officers determined to resume the competitors within the metropolis for one more yr.
With the Las Vegas Raiders formally relocating to their new dwelling, the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium, which is predicted to be prepared for the 2020 season, transferring the Professional Bowl to Las Vegas, at the least for one yr, seems to be gaining momentum.
The NFL moved the Professional Bowl from Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, which hosted the sport since 1980, after the 2013 season. It made a rapid cease in Arizona in 2015, however…