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Allegiant Stadium is a domed
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located in
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. It is the home stadium for the
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of the
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(NFL), the
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(UNLV)
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team, the Las Vegas Bowl, and the
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. Scheduled to host Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024, the venue is located on about 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. At $1.9 billion, it is the second-most expensive stadium in the world. Construction of the stadium began on November 13, 2017, and its certificate of occupancy was issued on July 31, 2020.


Design

For Allegiant Stadium, Raiders owner
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retained the same architecture firm, MANICA Architecture, that had designed the previously proposed
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near
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. Davis retained much of the look from the Carson stadium because he "fell in love with the overall design of it". Allegiant Stadium is a 10-level domed stadium featuring an
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roof, silver and black exterior with light-up strips installed by YESCO, a media mesh video screen facing Interstate 15, and large retractable curtain-like side windows facing the
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. The north endzone area in front of the retractable windows contains a large torch that houses a
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in honor of
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, the late long-time owner of the Raiders. The torch is tall and is currently the largest 3D printed object in the world. The stadium has a roll-in natural Bermuda grass field similar to the one at State Farm Stadium in
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, which is primarily used for NFL games. The main advantages of such a configuration is that it allows the natural playing surface to be exposed to natural sunlight when not in use and allows other events to be held at the facility without any risk of damage to the grass. Unlike the Arizona facility (which does not have a varsity tenant) Allegiant Stadium also has an artificial turf field, which is primarily used for college football games. This design was chosen because UNLV prefers to play on an artificial turf surface, and also due to concerns that use of the grass field by two teams would cause excessive wear to the playing surface. The artificial turf is placed directly on the stadium's concrete floor, and the tray holding the grass field is designed so that it can roll in and out without disrupting the turf underneath it. There are 2,700 parking spots surrounding the stadium and 6,000 in proximity to it. More than 35,000 parking spaces are located within a mile of Allegiant Stadium.


History


Planning and approval

In January 2016, reports emerged that Las Vegas Sands was considering developing a stadium in conjunction with Majestic Realty and UNLV, on a site on Tropicana Avenue owned by UNLV. UNLV had been in the market for a new stadium to replace
Sam Boyd Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium (formerly the Las Vegas Silver Bowl) is a football stadium in the western United States, located in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley. It honors Sam Boyd (1910–1993), a major figure in the h ...
since at least 2011. Raiders owner
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visited Las Vegas on January 29 to tour the site and meet with Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson and other local figures. The Raiders, who had been trying to get a new stadium built for the team since the 1980s, had just missed out on relocating to
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that same month with the Rams and Chargers moving into a new stadium in Inglewood, California and were at an impasse in
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. In order for the team to relocate to Las Vegas, a new stadium was required, since Sam Boyd Stadium was undersized for the NFL and there were no other professional-caliber stadiums in Nevada. The Raiders had previously played a preseason game in Las Vegas at Cashman Field against the
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during the 1964
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(AFL) preseason and owner Al Davis considered relocating the team there. On March 21, 2016, when asked about Las Vegas, Davis said, "I think the Raiders like the Las Vegas plan," and "it's a very very very intriguing and exciting plan." Davis also met with Nevada Governor
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about the stadium plan. On April 1, 2016, Davis met with UNLV officials and toured Sam Boyd Stadium to evaluate whether it could serve as a temporary home for the team. On April 28, 2016, Davis said he wanted to move the Raiders to Las Vegas and pledged $500 million toward constructing the proposed $1.4-billion domed stadium. "Together we can turn the Silver State into the silver and black state," Davis said. In the spring of 2016, the board of directors of Las Vegas Sands rejected Adelson's stadium proposal. Adelson decided to move ahead with the stadium as an individual investment, pledging $650 million of his personal wealth to the project. The viability of the Tropicana Avenue site was called into serious question in June 2016, when
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objected to the location because its proximity to the northern end of one of
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's runways could negatively affect the safety and capacity of air traffic at the airport. The list of potential locations soon expanded to nine candidates, including the sites of the Wild Wild West casino, the Wynn golf course, the
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casino, the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, and
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. By September, the list was narrowed to two possibilities: the Bali Hai Golf Club, south of Mandalay Bay, and a vacant lot on Russell Road, just west of Interstate 15. On August 25, 2016, the Raiders filed a trademark application for "Las Vegas Raiders" on the same day renderings of a proposed stadium design were released. On September 15, 2016, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted to recommend and approve $750 million for the Las Vegas stadium plan. Majestic Realty revealed in October 2016 that it had withdrawn from the stadium project. In October 2016, Sandoval called a
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of the
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to consider the stadium and other tourism-related proposals. The funding bill for the stadium was approved by a 16–5 vote in the
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and by 28–13 in the Assembly, and was signed into law by Sandoval on October 17. The bill allowed Clark County to increase its hotel tax to raise the $750 million in funding. The Raiders filed relocation papers on January 19 to move from Oakland to Las Vegas. On January 26, 2017, the Raiders submitted a proposed lease agreement for the stadium. It was reported that the Raiders had selected the Russell Road site as the stadium location, the team would pay one dollar in rent, and that they could control the naming rights for both the stadium and plaza and in addition keep signage sponsorship revenue. Days after the Raiders' announced proposal, Adelson dropped out of the stadium project, pulling his proposed $650 million contribution. Shortly after this announcement,
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, which had planned to finance part of the project, withdrew as well. As a result, the Raiders were expected to increase their contribution from $500 million to $1.15 billion. On March 6, the Raiders revealed
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would lend $650 million to replace the Adelson portion of the funding. NFL owners voted to approve the move by a margin of 31–1 on March 27. The next day, the Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority began accepting deposits for season tickets for the new stadium. The Raiders announced that they planned to remain in Oakland until the stadium was complete. The Raiders closed the purchase of the land for the stadium at the Russell Road site on May 1. The purchase price was reported at $77.5 million. On May 11, it was announced that in a joint venture Mortenson Construction and McCarthy Construction would be the developers for the stadium. Mortenson previously worked on U.S. Bank Stadium in
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. The stadium authority approved a stadium lease with the Raiders on May 18. The lease was to be for 30 years with four successive extension options of five years each.


Construction

On September 18, construction activity began on the stadium site with site preparation. A
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ceremony was held on November 13. The ceremony featured NFL Commissioner
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, Raiders owner Mark Davis, his mother Carol Davis, various Raiders legends including
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, Jim Plunkett, Tom Flores and
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, Las Vegas and Nevada politicians such as Governor
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, Las Vegas Mayor
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, Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and stadium authority head Steve Hill. The event was hosted by George Lopez and included other celebrities including
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, longtime Vegas icon Wayne Newton, and Howie Dorough and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. It also featured a tribute to the victims of the nearby
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, including a performance by
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and the Las Vegas House of Blues Gospel Choir performing ‘Rise up’ and the lighting of 58 beams of light, symbolizing the 58 victims who were killed in the attack. In January, construction crews began blasting caliche rock with dynamite to excavate and create the stadium bowl. On August 27, Clark County gave the stadium a new address, rechristening it from its original 5617 Dean Martin Drive address to 3333 Al Davis Way. On May 24, 2019, it was announced that 20 additional suites would be added to the stadium in the south end zone, with six suites on the main concourse and 14 suites in the lower suite level, one section above the main concourse. The suites were added in an effort to make the stadium more attractive for a Super Bowl.


Opening and COVID-19 restrictions

Clark County officials declared that the stadium met its substantial completion date on July 31, 2020, meaning it could issue a certificate of occupancy and officially begin leasing the venue to the Las Vegas Raiders. Work would still continue, with the project closeout scheduled for October 2020. The team held its first closed-door practice in the stadium on August 21, with Mark Davis nicknaming his team's new home "The Death Star." The opening of the stadium was complicated by the
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. The original opening event at the stadium was scheduled to be a
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concert but the event was postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic. The Raiders did not admit spectators at any of their games during the 2020 season "based on our commitment to protect the health of our fans and the entire community." Davis publicly stated that he did not want to inhibit the ability for any of the Raiders' season ticketholders to attend games, and vowed to not attend any game at Allegiant Stadium until spectators are able to attend. The first event at the stadium was a ''
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'' game on September 21, 2020, where the Raiders defeated the
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34–24. Saints kicker
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scored the stadium's first points on a 31-yard field goal on the opening drive, and running back
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scored the stadium's first touchdown on a one-yard run at 3:55. The first Raiders touchdown was a second-quarter three-yard touchdown reception by fullback Alec Ingold, one of three touchdown passes on the night for quarterback Derek Carr. The first UNLV Rebels game at the stadium was on October 31, 2020, a Rebels loss to the
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37–19 in the Battle for Nevada. The game was the first event in the stadium to have fans in attendance. With the start of the delayed Mountain West Conference season, UNLV played games at a maximum capacity of 2,000 spectators, or 3% of the 65,000 capacity, with seating zones separated by 25 feet and seating no more than 250 people each. The Raiders played their first game at the stadium with fans in attendance on September 13, 2021, a
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''Monday Night Football'' matchup against the
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. The team required fans entering the stadium to show either proof of COVID-19 vaccination or receive a vaccination at the stadium and wear masks.


Financing

The original budget for construction of the stadium was $1.8 billion. The budget was increased twice in 2019. The first time was in May 2019 when the trusses had to be retrofitted. Don Webb received an additional $40 million at the May 23, 2020 Stadium Authority Board meeting to cover the overages. The second time was in September 2019. Don Webb received another $90 million to cover the extra shifts required to fix the broken truss issue. The overages increased the new budget to $1.97 billion; $200 million over the original budget of $1.8 billion. Ultimately, the stadium was completed $25 million under the increased budget but $175 million over the original $1.8 billion budget. Of this $2 billion, $78 million was spent to purchase the land, $1.33 billion was spent on construction, $123 million on furniture, fixtures, and equipment, $234 million on design and engineering, and $31 million on utilities and infrastructure. Some reports gave a budget of $2 billion, which also included $100 million to build a separate Raiders practice facility. The financing for the project came in the form of $750 million in public funding and $1.1 billion from the Raiders. The public portion of the funding came from
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issued by Clark County, backed by the proceeds of a special tax on hotel rooms in the Las Vegas area, which took effect in March 2017. The Raiders' contribution included a $650 million loan from
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, $200 million from the NFL's stadium loan program, and $300 million from sales of personal seat licenses at the stadium,
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for the stadium, and sponsorships. On August 5, 2019, the Raiders announced the team had reached an agreement with Summerlin-based
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's owner, Allegiant Travel Company, for the naming rights for the first 30 years of the stadium's use beginning in 2020. Local government does not receive any rent or revenue sharing from the stadium, because such an arrangement would not be compatible with the tax-exempt status of the bonds that were issued for stadium construction. Proponents instead argued that the public financing would be justified by increased economic activity and tax revenue related to the stadium. Critics have argued that the economic projections were based on overly optimistic assumptions. A total of $645 million in construction bonds sold out in 90 minutes in April 2018, representing Clark County's contribution to the project beyond room taxes already collected.


Tenants and events

The stadium replaced
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and serves as the home of both the
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and the UNLV Rebels football program.


College football


Pac-12 Football Championship Game

On July 24, 2019, the
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announced that the 2020 and 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game would be played at Allegiant Stadium, moving from
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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the debut of the game in Las Vegas was delayed to 2021, with the 2020 game instead being held at the
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— home venue of the South division champion
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.


Las Vegas Bowl

Allegiant Stadium is the host of the Las Vegas Bowl, which moved from Sam Boyd Stadium. The game features a team from the Pac-12 against a team from the SEC or
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, alternating annually. The inaugural game was expected to be held in 2020, but that year's edition of the Las Vegas Bowl was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inaugural 2021 edition featured
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defeating Arizona State 20-13.


Vegas Kickoff Classic

In March 2021, a new neutral site college football game dubbed the ''
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'' was announced. Administered by the Las Vegas Bowl, the game is a yearly neutral site college football game that takes place each September. The inaugural edition featured the
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defeating the
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24-16 on September 4, 2021. The official attendance of 54,541 fans was the largest crowd to ever watch a college football game (or any other college athletic event) in the history of the state of Nevada.


East–West Shrine Bowl

In July 2021, it was announced that Allegiant Stadium would host the
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on February 3, 2022 as part of the NFL Pro Bowl week.


Shamrock Series (Notre Dame-BYU)

In September 2021, it was announced that Allegiant Stadium will host a college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the
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on October 8, 2022, as part of Notre Dame's Shamrock Series, with the Fighting Irish as the home team.


NFL


Pro Bowl

On June 16, 2020, the NFL announced that the stadium would host the 2021 Pro Bowl. The game was deferred to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The game featured
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defeating the
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by a score of 41-35.


Super Bowl LVIII

Allegiant Stadium will host Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, 2024.


Soccer

Allegiant Stadium hosted the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final on August 1, 2021. The stadium is also scheduled to host the 2021 and 2022 Leagues Cup between
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and
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.


Concerts


Professional wrestling


Awards ceremonies

On November 18, 2021, it was announced that Allegiant Stadium would host the
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on March 7, 2022.


Final Four

On November 22, 2022 the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee selected the stadium to host Las Vegas first Final Four and National Championship games on April 1st and 3rd 2028.


See also

* Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas * T-Mobile Arena, the home of the
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's
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* Las Vegas Ballpark, the current home of the
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's Las Vegas Aviators * 2020 Las Vegas Raiders season *
2020 UNLV Rebels football team The 2020 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by first–year head coach Marcus Arroyo. They played their home games at Allegiant Stadium ...
* SoFi Stadium, the home of the
Los Angeles Rams The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC Wes ...
and the
Los Angeles Chargers The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division, and ...
which opened in 2020 much like Allegiant Stadium.


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Las Vegas Stadium Authority
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