Vegas Super Bowl Golf Weekend
TravelGolf.com, 1/11, 2/10
Las Vegas golf and the Super Bowl: A match made in heaven
By Bill Bowman, Contributor, TravelGolf.com
LAS VEGAS -- Okay, here are the choices: Pony up $2,500 -- or more -- for a quick trip to Dallas for the Super Bowl. For your money, you can expect to get a middle-of-the-road hotel room, a nose-bleed seat to the game and, maybe, a couple trips to Denny's.
Or, you can make your reservations for a four-day, three-night stay in Las Vegas, play a couple of rounds of golf on lush, top-of-the-line courses, take in a show or two on the Las Vegas Strip and indulge in a wide range of dining and drinking options.
All that for the same money -- or maybe even a little less.
"The energy and excitement during Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas is something you can't miss," said Josh Hill, Walters Golf's director of sales and marketing. "The Super Bowl parties, the sportsbooks, the restaurants and, of course, the golf."
See you on the first tee.
Look for package deals
Most of the resorts or golf courses have more than their share of package deals that include just about everything. Check out your favorites and start the reservation process.
Locations with multiple golf courses -- such as Harrah's with Rio Secco Golf Club, Cascata and Las Vegas National; Walters Golf with Bali Hai Golf Club, Royal Links Golf Club and Desert Pines Golf Club; Las Vegas Pauite Golf Resort with the Snow Mountain, Sun Mountain and Wolf course; The Revere Golf Club with Concord and Lexington courses and others -- can set players up with multiple rounds at different courses in the blink of an eye.
Las Vegas off course
The action here will start from the minute you land at the airport or see the welcome sign as you drive up the famed Las Vegas Strip. From shows (singing, dancing, magic and much more) to fine dining (steaks to die for, flown-in-fresh seafood and the greatest choices in spirits anywhere) to thrill rides galore (check out the rides atop the Stratosphere Tower, if you dare), there's something for everyone in this 24-hour-a-day paradise. There are spas everywhere. There are enough shopping choices to wear out your gold card. There are late-night hotspots with A-list celebrities guaranteed to be on hand to celebrate their time in Vegas.
And, best of all, you're here to take it all in and enjoy the atmosphere.
On Super Bowl weekend, timing is everything
Plan on getting into Las Vegas at least by Friday to get your bearings -- and to get in an early round on Saturday on one of the more than 50 golf courses in Las Vegas and the surrounding area.
Many of these courses will have a shotgun event on Super Bowl Sunday, so make your Saturday night plans accordingly (in other words don't stay out until 5 a.m.). Get to the course early on the big day and grab a bite to eat. After the round, you'll have time to get back to the sportsbook, make a wager or two and join a thousand of your closest friends as the big game kicks off. There will be big-game parties everywhere, but get there early, as the seats will go fast.
After the game, the fun isn't over in Vegas. There will still be plenty of action available.
Make sure you save time on Monday for a farewell round of golf as you say goodbye to Las Vegas. And if you've had good luck at the tables, the slot machines or in the sportsbook, you may even leave with a few more dollars than you arrived with.
A trip to Vegas and the Super Bowl? Thousands and thousands of guests who spend the weekend here every year can't be wrong.
"What better place to enjoy multiple days of fun as opposed to one day of excitement," said Dennis Piekarski, director of sales and marketing for The Revere Golf Club. "The value in playing golf and seeing what Las Vegas has to offer far exceeds the benefit of being at the big game. From wagers on the big game, evening excitement, world-class golf and hotels, there is not one city in the United States that offers all of that for the price of a nose-bleed ticket for the Super Bowl. Dallas is a great city, but comparing three hours of fun at the game, to the multiple days of fun makes Las Vegas the guaranteed winner -- hands down."
Well, what are you waiting for? The flights into Vegas, hotel rooms, show tickets -- and golf tee times -- will go fast.
January 4, 2011
Forget Miami, travel to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl
By MIKE BAILEY
TravelGolf.com
Posted: February 1, 2010
LAS VEGAS – Here's an idea: Forget that trip to Miami for the Super Bowl this year. Head to Las Vegas instead. The parties are just as good, if not better, and you can put a few bucks on the game – legally. Plus, there's plenty of great golf in Las Vegas to balance the nightly festivities.
Being in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl is actually a better alternative than being at the Super Bowl in Miami for many reasons. Here, you can play a round of golf before kickoff, make dinner reservations after the game at a world-renowned restaurant and party at some of the best nightclubs in the world – all without dealing with the mass congestion associated with the Super Bowl host city.
Upwards of $100 million is expected to be legally wagered at Las Vegas sports books on the big game, which will be played at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida on Feb. 7. And although the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority can't identify how many people come to Sin City specifically for the Super Bowl, hotel-occupancy rates typically exceed 90 percent during the National Football League's biggest week. So it's never too early to start planning.
Super Bowl golf packages in Las Vegas
Tee times in Las Vegas can also go pretty fast for the two or three days before the Super Bowl. But there are slots to be had – especially the day of the game – and plenty of golf courses and casinos offer packages.
Walters Golf, for example, has a Super Bowl golf package that includes top Las Vegas golf courses such as Bali Hai Golf Club on the Strip, the British Open-inspired Royal Links Golf Club and Desert Pines Golf Club, starting at $395 per person.
The Walters Golf packages combine golf with fabulous casino hotels such as the Venetian or the adjoining Palazzo Resort, which recently opened chef Emeril Lagasse's sports bar, Lagasse's Stadium, sure to be a hot place to watch the big game.
Rio Secco Golf Club, home of the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge, reserves Friday and Saturday tee times for guests of Harrah's properties, including the Rio, Harrah's Las Vegas, Caesar's Palace, Paris and three other Las Vegas hotels or resorts. Golfers who play Rio Secco in the days leading up to the game – and many high rollers play every year – get a special gift bag. The goodies vary from barbeque sets to wedges.
The Friday-Saturday packages also include lunch. A special, morning shotgun start on Super Sunday is served with breakfast. "People really do like to have a good time before the game," said Charles Packard, general manager of Rio Secco.
The TPC Las Vegas in Summerlin was pretty well booked on the Friday and Saturday before the Super Bowl, but officials are also planning something special for Sunday morning.
"There are lots of groups in town during Super Bowl week," said Jaclyn Beaudreau, director of business development for the Ray Floyd and Bobby Weed-designed TPC Las Vegas. "It's very exciting, and people love to play golf before the big game."
Some Las Vegas golf courses increase their rates during Super Bowl week, but according to Tony Lenzie, general manager and director of golf for Siena Golf Club and Arroyo at Red Rock Country Club, it's business as usual with one exception.
"We typically do a 9 a.m. shotgun start on Super Bowl Sunday, so the golfers can get their round in and still get back home or to the hotel for the game festivities," Lenzie said. "It's a fun weekend to be in Vegas."
Of course if you'd really like the course all to yourself, golf during the Super Bowl. Just lay down a bet and play a course like Silverstone Golf Club, which has a GPS system on the carts that gives you more than yardage; you get live score updates from Miami.