Game Day Express returns for Raiders, Knights, UNLV football games

The popular bus service for Raiders, Golden Knights and UNLV football games is returning for another year of sports action.

The Regional Transportation Commission’s Game Day Express is back this year with Raiders games at Allegiant Stadium, beginning Saturday with the team’s 1 p.m. preseason game versus the San Francisco 49ers.

Service for UNLV football games begins Aug. 23 when the Rebels face Idaho State at Allegiant, and Golden Knights service will start Sept. 23 with their first preseason game at T-Mobile Arena.

Game Day Express tickets cost $4 roundtrip, with exact change required. Fans are encouraged to purchase Game Day Express passes ahead of time using the rideRTC app or by credit/debit card when boarding to speed up the boarding process.

Pickup and drop-off locations for each of the teams’ Game Day Express service::

Raiders, Golden Knights games

■ Summerlin Game Day Express: Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd.

■ Green Valley Game Day Express: Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson.

■ Centennial Hills Game Day Express: Santa Fe Station, 4949 N. Rancho Drive.

■ East Side Game Day Express: Sam’s Town, 5111 Boulder Highway.

■ North Las Vegas Game Day Express: Aliante, 7300 N. Aliante Parkway.

■ West Henderson Game Day Express: M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

For Raiders games, the first departure for Allegiant is scheduled for three hours prior to kickoff. Service will then run about every 30 minutes thereafter at all locations except Sam’s Town, where service will run every hour. The last departure for Allegiant will leave one hour prior to kickoff at all locations.

Each route departs the stadium for its original destination 30 minutes following the end of games.

For Knights games, the first departure for T-Mobile is scheduled for two hours prior to game time, with additional departures ending one hour before the puck drops. Each route departs T-Mobile approximately 20 minutes after games end.

UNLV football games

The Game Day Express for UNLV football games features one pickup point, on campus at the UNLV Transit Center, 1135 E. University Ave.

For Rebels football home games, the first departure for Allegiant is scheduled for two hours before kickoff, with additional service for running every 20 minutes, until one hour before kickoff. Return service to UNLV from Allegiant departs 25 minutes and one hour after a game ends.

Fans who are in town to attend games at T-Mobile or Allegiant and are staying on the Strip or downtown Las Vegas can take the RTC’s Deuce bus that runs 24/7 every day. Those heading to T-Mobile can exit at the Park MGM stop, and those heading to Allegiant should exit at Mandalay Bay and walk across the Hacienda Avenue bridge to the stadium.

Contact Mick Akers at makers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers on X.