Budweiser Clydesdales at Red Rock Resort on Saturday, Beer Park on Sunday
The eight Budweiser Clydesdale horses will be harnessed and hitched to its red beer wagon at Red Rock Resort on Saturday afternoon for fans to take photographs before Sunday’s Super Bowl 51.
It is an audition process like any other. The horses have to be at least 3 years old, stand 6 feet tall, weigh 2,000 pounds and have four white legs with a black mane and tail and a blaze of white on the face.
Each hitch horse eats as much as 25 quarts of feed and 50 pounds of hay and drinks 30 gallons of water per day! Each horse gets his own Dalmatian as a guard and guide dog for when drivers stop to make deliveries. The horses were at South Point for a holiday event in December.
The schedule for the horses Saturday afternoon: 2-2:45 p.m. at Red Rock’s east valet in the east parking garage nearest 215; 2:45-3:15 p.m. in the south parking lot off Summerlin Centre Drive and behind the pool area; and from 3:15-4 p.m. at the casino’s front fountain.
The Clydesdales also will be walking down Las Vegas Boulevard on Sunday morning to Beer Park at Chateau Las Vegas to kick off Super Bowl 51. The Strip will be shut down starting at 8:30 a.m. for the procession, which will run from 9:25 to 10 a.m. Post-trot to Beer Park, fans have the opportunity for an hourlong meet-and-greet at Paris valet from 10 to 11 a.m.
Now you know how Spuds MacKenzie became a Budweiser Light mascot, and I had the honor of helping voice over a new Super Bowl commercial you’ll see Sunday. It has hit nearly 420,000 views since being posted this morning after debuting on “Good Morning America” and “Today.”