Bringing the Super Bowl to Las Vegas won’t come cheap, but tourism officials believe the cost will be worth it.
Allegiant Stadium
Fans who have been waiting to get inside Allegiant Stadium since its completion last summer can finally get inside the $2 billion facility.
Contractors for the Las Vegas stadium project will issue the first of six procurement bid requests July 3 and expect prospective bidders to return proposals by the end of that month, the building team told subcontractors and suppliers Thursday.
Proponents of luring the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas to a planned $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium take on a new challenge with a familiar strategy beginning this week.
It’s just the beginning, Mark Davis cautioned, but the Oakland Raiders owner on Thursday expressed more optimism about someday seeing the finish line.
The developers of a proposed $1.9 billion domed stadium on Thursday got their preferred funding option that requires a $750 million public investment.
Thursday’s call for a special session of the Nevada Legislature includes more than a $1.9 billion domed stadium and a room tax increase to help pay the bill, but also includes a sales tax increase to hire more police officers.
Clark County commissioners will receive a report on the work of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee and a proposed 65,000-seat domed football stadium at their Tuesday meeting.
UNLV officials are looking at commercial developments including a 30,000-square-foot entertainment building, restaurants and retail stores as possible money-makers to help buy a 42-acre stadium site at Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane.