Hawaii man travels 2,700 miles to propose to girlfriend at the 2024 Super Bowl

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Mike Palmero hand-carried a professionally made sign from Honolulu to Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. It read, Channelle, will you marry me.”

Channelle is back home on Oahu, so Palmero hoped the proposal sign would be shown during the Super Bowl broadcast, and she would see it.

The two have been dating for 13 years.

Palmero is in Las Vegas with three childhood friends. All graduated from the University of Hawaii Lab School and are celebrating turning 50.

“It’s kind of a bucket list trip,” said Keone Ah San from Kaneohe.

The birthday trip was planned long before the NFL Championship matchup was decided, so it didn’t matter which teams were playing; the group would be here.

Kalia McGee is a die-hard Las Vegas Raiders fan. The former University of Hawaii basketball star is thrilled to see the stadium, home to the Raiders.

“This is our first NFL game, first Super Bowl,” McGee and the others went to the Super Bowl Experience at Mandalay Bay, taking pictures in front of Raiders’ memorabilia.

A Pittsburgh Steelers fan, Palmero did the same with his team’s gear.

Palmero did have a backup plan in case his marriage proposal sign did not make it onto the CBS Super Bowl broadcast. He’d send a video to his girlfriend back home.

“We’re going to be in the stands, and someone’s going to video us,” Palmero said. He’ll be holding the sign, and his friends will be holding the Hawaiian flag.

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