If you're on the fence about whether to attend the NFL Pro Bowl 2018 game live and in-person Sunday afternoon, you should probably just get off your butt and go.
It's not guaranteed that the game returns to Orlando in 2019.
That means you could forever miss out on an opportunity to see 88 of the best football players in the world... all on the same field at the same time.
Experience The Pro Bowl In Orlando At Camping World Stadium This Weekend
And it's not like tickets are that expensive!
As I write this, I'm seeing them for as low as $35 a ticket on Ticketmaster...
And as low as $37 a ticket on Stubhub.
Heck, you'd easily spend more than that on a dinner for two at a restaurant on International Drive.
Pro Bowl vs I-Drive dinner?
Easy win for the Pro Bowl in Orlando.
Perhaps you're thinking to yourself... Yeah, but the Pro Bowl game itself is pretty boring.
Well, I was surprised to find out that players winning team will now earn a $64,000 bonus check while players on the losing team make half that -- $32,000?
That means players from the winning Pro Bowl team will actually make $8,000 MORE than players from the losing Super Bowl team ($56,000 each)!
That's some interesting new financial incentive to win, is it not? (Perhaps you still think "no", considering HOW MUCH MONEY some of these guys already make.)
Nevertheless, this is the second straight year that the City of Orlando plays host to NFL Pro Bowl 2018 at Camping World Stadium (locally known as the Citrus Bowl).
The game had been played at Hawaii's Aloha Stadium all but two years since 1979.
But Orlando has taken over... and hopes to retain the game in the years to come.
In fact, Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan told my colleagues at News 13, "There is a real chance the game could return in 2019.," based on the way everything goes.
That decision is expected to come in March.
It sure helps to have ESPN's Wide World of Sports 15 miles down I-4 at Disney World, where many of the pre-game events are held in the days leading up to the game.
ESPN can easily flip the switch and go live in their own backyard for the Pro Bowl Skills Challenge and all sorts of other events as part of the Pro Bowl Experience from now until kickoff.
Kickoff for the Pro Bowl is 3pm Sunday.
Feel free to comment below to let us know why or why not you'll attend the Pro Bowl. Hope to see you there!
David Baumann is a Sports Columnist for 407area.com and can be heard Tuesdays, 7-9p on EK Sports, 96.9 The Game FM. He can be seen Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30p on Spectrum Sports 360's "Face Off" segment on Spectrum News 13, in HD on channel 1013.
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