Bloomfield Football Fan Wins Trip To Super Bowl LIX

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield resident was one of three New Jersey Lottery players who recently won a trip to the 2025 Super Bowl, which will be played on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Alejandro Crespo of Bloomfield will be headed to the most-anticipated football matchup of the year after winning the “Big Game Giveaway,” a second-chance promotion for Quick Draw Progressive players.

Three randomly selected participants were awarded a trip package that includes two tickets each to the Big Game as part of the promotion, which was officially licensed by Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Crespo is a frequent player of the New Jersey Lottery, usually at a Krauser’s Food Store in Bloomfield. This will be his first trip to New Orleans, a city he’s always wanted to visit. He hasn’t decided who will accompany him on the trip yet.

“I was not surprised – I was sure,” Crespo said of his lottery win.

Other winners included:

Peter Krebs of Spring Lake (Monmouth County) – Peter and his wife, Amy, are long time football fans, having previously owned season tickets to a local team. “I had a big stack of tickets to enter into the drawing,” Peter said. “I didn’t expect to win, but it’s like they say—Anything can happen in Jersey!” Peter is looking forward to the trip with Amy. “She’s probably a bigger football fan than I am,” Peter said, adding that he and Amy are planning to experience all that the area has to offer.

Roxanne Campagna of Clifton (Passaic County) – Roxanne, who plays at Village Stationery in Clifton, has the pleasure of saying what anybody who has been married for 42 years dreams of saying: “I told you so.” Roxanne, an accountant, has spent the last several weeks entering her Quick Draw tickets into the drawing. “It’s funny. I would scan those tickets every night. My husband would say ‘Why are you doing this? You aren’t going to win! Why are you wasting your time?” Roxanne recalled. “I never have won anything. But now I got to say ‘See! You were wrong.’ This is exciting; I’ve never been to any kind of championship.” Roxanne and her husband, Michael, are thrilled to go, even though their team isn’t going to be in the championship game. Further, they are just as excited to visit New Orleans because, like Alejandro, they haven’t been there before. They are big fans of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse and want to visit his flagship restaurant as well as the Avery Island hot sauce factory.

Although the two professional teams that play in New Jersey won’t be competing in this season’s championship game, at least three Garden State football fans will get to cross a big item off their bucket lists. And that’s worth a cheer, lottery officials said.

“While I’m sad that my team isn’t going to be involved, I am thrilled that three of our dedicated Lottery players will be going down to New Orleans to enjoy an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience,” New Jersey Lottery executive director James Carey said.

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