In the third quarter of the February 11 Super Bowl LVIII matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas, two shirtless followers ran onto the sector, briefly disrupting a Chiefs drive earlier than being tackled by Allegiant Stadium safety and escorted off the turf in handcuffs.
“Oh, we received folks on the sector!” CBS sports activities shade commentator Tony Romo exclaimed as Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes linked with wideout Mecole Hardman for 2 yards to the San Francisco 39 yard line on the other finish of the sector.
“Oh my goodness, we do! We received a streaker on the opposite, effectively…,” added venerable announcer Jim Nantz.
Romo: “There’s a partial streaker…. Shirt off.”
Nantz: “Partial streaker, yeah.”
Romo: “But we won’t speak about it.”
Miami’s very personal Alex Gonzalez, age 23, and Sebastian Rivera, age 22, had been hauled off to Clark County jail and booked on misdemeanor fees of prohibited conduct at an athletic occasion.
Quick replace on the ‘half-streakers’ within the third quarter of #SuperBowlLVIII.
Both males are from Miami (in line with a possible trigger doc). Both had been positioned beneath arrest for ‘Prohibited Conduct at Athletic Event’, per Clark County, NV ordinance. #SuperBowl #NFL https://t.co/suXU9194gW pic.twitter.com/8aDe7SnzlI
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South Florida locals might have acknowledged Gonzalez from social media movies that characteristic the day dealer dwelling a lifetime of luxurious, puffing on cigars and posing alongside unique automobiles with the Miami skyline as a backdrop. Gonzalez markets coaching programs on buying and selling by means of his Instagram, providing college students “bootcamp” periods about wealth-building.
As a bonus native connection, Gonzalez teamed with Miami’s cryptocurrency-loving mayor, Francis Suarez, to pump out free fuel fill-ups at Charles Hadley Park in Model City in the course of the 2023 vacation season.
“We determined to provide this as a type of giving again to the neighborhood on a Tuesday morning so everyone can go proper straight to work with a automotive filled with fuel,” Gonzalez stated in a video posted Mayor Suarez posted to his official X account.
There was a little bit of a visitors jam round Charles Hadley Park however for an excellent trigger. Working along with native entrepreneurs @FXAlexGI & @stevewilldoit we helped greater than 500 residents avoid wasting cash by gifting away free fuel. It’s at all times a blessing when you may assist these in want pic.twitter.com/1rWYPlGAe1
— Mayor Francis Suarez (@MiamiMayor) December 20, 2023
Following his launch from the Clark County Detention Center the morning after his Super Bowl arrest, Gonzalez posted a collection of movies on TikTok explaining why he determined to (partially) streak in the course of the Big Game. He stated he skilled for 3 weeks in preparation for the dash and added that all of it felt like a blur as soon as the adrenaline kicked in.
“One of my objectives has at all times been to streak the Super Bowl,” the 23-year-old day dealer stated. “And I do not wish to be that man that I’m wealthy and I’m 50 years previous after which I’m like, ‘Damn, I want I might have carried out that once I was youthful.’ No, I did it now and I’ll do it once more.”
@fx_alexg Being wealthy resides life by yourself phrases , in line with your prospects not your limitations. So why not do one thing nobody has the braveness to do , I spent $42,000 to dwell an expertise not solely that I’ll always remember , however share with the world how #setandforget has modified my life. From Dunkin’ Donuts to #1 on the information nation extensive. The level of life is to dwell it… and let me inform you I’m dwelling it that feeling working by means of that subject is the last word adrenaline feeling Taking #setandforget to wholeeee completely different degree Oh and btw That’s saying that goes “ every little thing that occurs in Vegas stays in Vegas “ yea that’s a delusion 😂 #daytrader ♬ authentic sound – ALEX GONZALEZ
In a subsequent interview with TMZ, he conceded that he additionally did it to generate profits: At the UFC APEX in Las Vegas a day earlier than the sport, he suggested movie star therapist Phil McGraw (AKA Dr. Phil) and the YouTube-famous Nelk Boys to position a prop wager that there’d be a Super Bowl streaker as a result of he was “going to be that man this 12 months.”
“So, all these guys had been pulling strings to make that wager occur and it ended up taking place that the wager would not exist. Then I’m like, ‘Damn, I’m in too deep at this level that I am unable to again out anymore,'” Gonzalez added.
True to his phrase, Gonzalez coughed up $42,000 for 2 front-row seats. He and Rivera went to Dick’s Sporting Goods and bought cleats for optimum traction, then cased the stadium in preparation for the feat.
(“I actually simply paid $42,000 to go to jail,” he humblebragged on TikTok.)
All of which raises the query: How can a 23-year-old Miamian afford to throw away greater than $40,000?
Gonzalez, often called Alex G on social media, claims he has made $50 million by means of day buying and selling and now teaches aspiring merchants how you can observe in his footsteps. As he tells it, he was working at a Dunkin’ Donuts and buying and selling on the aspect when he lastly broke by means of and netted $28,000 — sufficient to cowl years of losses and permit him to give up his day job and give attention to day-trading.
“I used to be shedding consecutively for 2 years, and I hadn’t discovered what I used to be doing fallacious,” Gonzalez stated in a “Money Buys Happiness” YouTube video. “I assumed it was at all times a special technique and I used to be hopping from technique to technique. It wasn’t the technique. It was simply threat administration.”