Allegiant Air, which was named the Las Vegas stadium’s naming rights partner Monday, saw over 14 million passengers in 2018, generating $1.7 billion in total revenue last year.
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The parent company of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air was acknowledged as the name sponsor for the $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat indoor stadium at a topping-out event Monday.
The Raiders held an invitation-only topping out ceremony Monday for the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat Las Vegas stadium.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant is believed to be close to signing a naming-rights deal on the $1.9 billion Las Vegas stadium valued at around $25 million a year.
General contractors Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis, and McCarthy Building Cos., Henderson, wedged in the final truss around 4 p.m., Thursday.
The Las Vegas Stadium, the future home of the NFL’s Raiders, is scheduled to be completed a year from today.
Dignitaries will sign the final beam before it is lifted to the top of the stadium, which remains on target to open in July 2020.
MGM Resorts International plans to take advantage of the proximity of the Las Vegas stadium to three of its resorts by hosting pregame and post-game tailgating events.
With a lot of interest being shown by representatives tied to sports, entertainment and corporate events, AEG Facilities Regional Vice President Chris Wright said they’ll have no issue filing the stadium for 46 events annually.
A lawsuit filed this past week names the Oakland Raiders and the Stadium Authority among others tied to a disputed payment mount by a subcontractor.
Vegas Nation Stadium Show host Ed Graney talks to business reporter Rick Velotta, who recently got a tour of the Las Vegas Stadium, and they go over all of the updates on the project.
Well-connected AEG Facilities has been named to manage the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat Las Vegas stadium when it opens for the 2020 football season.
One of the 65-ton steel canopy trusses on the west side of the stadium was installed last week only to be later removed.
The UNLV International Gaming Institute turned out to be instrumental in the unlikely bid to move the Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas.
Though it sometimes seems officials have nothing but good news regarding the construction of the Las Vegas stadium, one official acknowledged a list of worries tied to the $1.8 billion project that occasionally keep him up at night.