Some more amenities are planned near Allegiant Stadium, with many planned to be open during the NFL season.
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Allegiant Stadium continues to prove itself as one of Las Vegas’ biggest draws with nearly 1.7 million fans attending events at the $2 billion facility in 2022.
The Review-Journal’s Cassie Soto and Rick Velotta talk about the roof, new seats and work to complete the 9,500-ton field tray in the Vegas Nation Stadium Show.
More than 2,000 laborers are at work at Allegiant Stadium where work has begun to install the translucent plastic polymer roof of the home of the Las Vegas Raiders.
“Mortenson has never failed to complete a sports facility on time,” said Don Webb. “Allegiant Stadium will not be their first failure because Allegiant Stadium will be completed on time.”
The translucent roof of Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium — a signature feature of the $2 billion, 65,000-seat football palace — initially was scheduled for completion by fall.
Stadium company chief operating officer Don Webb remains confident Allegiant Stadium will be completed by July 31, even though the building won’t be enclosed until April.
The $2 billion Allegiant Stadium continues to be on time and on budget, even though completion of the cable net to support the translucent polymer roof won’t be completed until mid-December.
Construction crews on Thursday continued the slow process of raising a net of multi-ton steel cables that will support a translucent roof for the Raiders Allegiant Stadium.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, operator of a casino property 60 miles east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County, has signed a partnership with the Raiders.
The Raiders new food service partner at Allegiant Stadium has already served its first meals, feeding lunch to construction worker crews Thursday at the site.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved a $90 million budget increase for Allegiant Stadium that will be used to upgrade features, enhance technology and add signage.
A highly choreographed six-week project is planned to make Allegiant Stadium an indoor venue with the installation of steel cables to support a translucent roof.
By nearly every standard, the $1.8 billion Las Vegas stadium is about half finished.