At a time and place where everyone seems to be trying to get to Las Vegas, ESPN’s NFL play-by-play chief Joe Buck is happy to stay away.
“I don’t think I want to be there” Buck Said Super Bowl during an appearance on ESPN 101 in St. Louis on Monday. “Logistics takes a lot of effort. There’s a lot of traffic.
“I’m not like that. I’m not going to go out all night looking for a Maxim party. That’s not my thing, but combine that with Las Vegas. This is Las Vegas, so there’s some kind of story,” he said. Something is going to happen and it won’t stay in Las Vegas. Something big is going to happen. I don’t know what it is. I don’t know. I just think it’s going to mess with my head. ”
Visitors walk past the entrance to Caesars Palace with a Super Bowl LVIII sign on February 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The game will be played on February 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
But Buck didn’t offer any predictions about what kind of “chaos” he believes will occur during Super Bowl week. Mix in star athletes, millionaire celebrities, endless amounts of booze and drugs, and a slew of locals whose job it is to enable bad decisions, and you’ve got a negative storyline or two. It’s not hard to imagine that one or two could happen. more.
Buck’s ominous premonition also comes after his friend, former Cowboys legend Michael Irvin, was accused of making lewd comments to a female Marriott employee at last year’s Super Bowl in Phoenix. It is possible that this comes from the experience of
A Super Bowl LVIII sign goes up on a pedestrian bridge on the Las Vegas Strip on January 30, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The game will be played on February 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Either way, the potential for negative press coverage is definitely there.
It didn’t happen in Las Vegas, but the negativity started early for Chiefs QB Pat Mahomes. His father, Pat Mahomes Sr., was arrested for drunk driving in Texas last Saturday night.
The Chiefs and 49ers will face off in the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 11th.
