Men’s world curling championship heading to Las Vegas in 2018

By The Canadian Press

Posted Nov 5, 2015 12:20:59 PM.

Last Updated Nov 5, 2015 01:32:07 PM.

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PERTH, Scotland – The 2018 men’s world curling championship will be held in Las Vegas.

The World Curling Federation chose the gambling and nightlife hotspot because of the success of the 2014 World Financial Group Continental Cup, which drew over 50,000 spectators to the Orleans Hotel and Casino. The Continental Cup returns to Las Vegas in January, 2016.

The 2018 men’s world championship will be held in the 8,000-seat Orleans arena March 31 to April 8 and will follow on the heels of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeonchang, South Korea.

The United States last hosted the men’s world championship in 2008 in Grand Forks, N.D.

“Sandstone may be the official rock of Nevada, but I think the curling stone could soon be in the running for some sort of high-roller status,” USA Curling chief executive officer Rick Patzke said Thursday in a statement.

Sweden’s Niklas Edin won the 2015 men’s world title in Halifax. The championship heads to Basel, Switzerland, in 2016 and then to Canada to a city yet to be named in 2017.

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