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Vegas Without Sheldon Adelson
"The Death Star"[1] | |
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![]() Allegiant Stadium nearing completion, June 2020 | |
Former names | Raiders Stadium (early proposed renderings) Las Vegas Stadium (planning/construction) |
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Address | 3333 Al Davis Way |
Location | Paradise, Nevada |
Coordinates | 36°05′27″N 115°11′01″W / 36.09083°N 115.18361°WCoordinates: 36°05′27″N 115°11′01″W / 36.09083°N 115.18361°W |
Public transit | ![]() at Mandalay Bay (proposed) |
Owner | Las Vegas Stadium Authority |
Operator | AEG Facilities[2] |
Executive suites | 128[3] |
Capacity | Football: 65,000 (expandable to 72,000) Soccer: 61,000[4][5] |
Acreage | 62 acres (25 ha) |
Surface | Bermuda grass (Raiders) FieldTurf (UNLV) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 13, 2017 |
Opened | July 31, 2020 |
Construction cost | US$1.9 billion[6] |
Architect | MANICA Architecture HNTB |
Project manager | ICON Venue Group[7] |
Structural engineer | ARUP[8] |
Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.[9] |
General contractor | Mortenson Construction McCarthy Construction[10] |
Tenants | |
Las Vegas Raiders (NFL) (2020–present) UNLV Rebels (NCAA) (2020–present) Las Vegas Bowl (NCAA) (2021–present) | |
Website | |
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Allegiant Stadium is a domed stadium located in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It serves as the home stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Rebels college football team. It is located on about 62 acres (25 ha) of land west of Mandalay Bay at Russell Road and Hacienda Avenue and between Polaris Avenue and Dean Martin Drive, just west of Interstate 15. Construction of the $1.9 billion stadium began on November 13, 2017, and its certificate of occupancy was issued on July 31, 2020.[11]
- ^ Baca, Michael (August 21, 2020). "Raiders hold practice at Allegiant Stadium: 'Welcome to the Death Star'". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- ^ "Raiders Select AEG Facilities to Operate New State-of-the-Art Stadium Under Construction in Las Vegas". AEGWorldwide.com. June 25, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "Stadium Proposal" (PDF). Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Gordon, Grant (July 10, 2020). "Jon Gruden on Allegiant Stadium: 'Greatest thing I've ever seen'". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
Construction began in November of 2017 and the stadium will house 65,000 fans at full capacity.
- ^ Gulbransen, Scott (June 24, 2018). "EXCLUSIVE: New Stadium Plans Reveal Super Bowl Configuration". SilverAndBlackToday.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ "Learn the Story Behind Allegiant Stadium". SI.com. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ "Clark County Stadium Authority Financing Plan Discussion Materials" (PDF). Las Vegas Stadium Authority. August 17, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Las Vegas Stadium | Procurement Package 1a & 1b" (PDF). July 12, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Las Vegas Stadium | Procurement Package 2a" (PDF). September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ Halter, Nick (May 12, 2017). "Report: Mortenson will build football stadium for Raiders in Las Vegas (slideshow)". Minneapolis–St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ Raiders Public Relations (July 31, 2020). "Construction of Allegiant Stadium achieves Certificate of Occupancy". Raiders.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.