It was as smooth a Super Bowl handoff as Patrick Mahomes giving the ball to Isiah Pacheco for a touchdown when Phoenix delivered the next NFL championship game to Las Vegas last week.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority had a booth at the entrance to the media center’s “radio row” at Glendale’s State Farm Stadium so the game’s 5,000 credentialed media could get a taste of what’s in store when Super Bowl LVIII arrives at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11, 2024.

Now, as the NFL puts it, Las Vegas officially is “on the clock.” Expectations are predictably high.

“Las Vegas knows how to do big events,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in the handoff ceremony.