A rare occurrence in American sports history will happen on September 12 to 13. Analysts are calling it aa mega-sports weekend. It is the weekend when NFL Week 1 overlaps with NHL playoffs, US Open tennis finals, MLB games, and the NBA playoffs.
Pay per head bookie providers expect the weekend to be the most significant betting weekend of 2020 after Thursday Night Football action. It got a 300 percent increase from last year’s Thursday Night Football.
Sports fans and bookies are excited about the weekend. Both the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League playoffs are ongoing. Also, the playoff games are overlapping with the opening week of the National Football League.
Mega-Sports Weekend
According to sportsbook pay per head reviews and news reports, the finals match of the US Open will play during the weekend. Also, Major League Baseball has several games scheduled on Sunday, which is the busiest day for sports betting in 2020.
Based on pay per head blog sources, sportsbooks across the nation have experienced a surge of new signups in preparation for the mega-sports weekend. In pre-coronavirus times, Week 1 of the NFL overlaps with the end of the MLB’s regular season and the Finals of the US Open. Also, those sports events didn’t coincide with NHL and NBA playoffs.
Although the weekend is good for sportsbooks, it isn’t good for TV ratings. Sports fans need to choose which games they want to see. Some people might flip between the sports, while others might choose to watch only one and record the others. However, analysts expect TV viewership to be down.
Last Thursday, the NFL Kickoff match between Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs got 19.3 million viewers. It was down 12 percent from last year’s game. However, it is still the most-watched sports event since the start of the pandemic.
