Raiders Stadium Flood Channel Work Forces Closure Of Polaris Avenue
By ALAN SNEL
LVSportsBiz.com
Work crews building the $1.8 billion Raiders stadium had Polaris Avenue closed Wednesday as they worked on a flood channel that was necessary because of the stadium’s site design.
The flood channel work at Polaris Avenue also meant that utility workers had to remove electrical power wires and then re-install then below the new flood channel infrastructure, a utility worker explained Wednesday.
While the construction workers dealt with the flood channel project at the stadium site, Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak Wednesday signed a freshly-approved county ordinance authorizing the sale of the Raiders stadium bonds.
The Southern Nevada public is giving $750 million to the Raiders, and the bonds will be sold to provide the record public subsidy to the NFL team. The public will re-pay more than $1 billion over 30 years to cover the debt service on the bonds that are expected to be sold later this spring.
Sisolak, running to be the Democratic nominee for governor, has been an advocate for the Raiders stadium project and subsidy. The domed, 65,000-seat stadium on 62 acres on the west side of Interstate 15 bounded by Russell Road and Polaris Avenue is expected to open in June 2020.
Raiders owner Mark Davis has visited the construction site several times. LVSportsBiz.com saw several cranes already on site, while hundreds of workers prepare the site for a stadium that will also be the home for UNLV foorball games.
The new flood channel has been an early project on the stadium site.
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While Sisolak and the local stadium board moves the project along on paper, the Raiders have been showing visitors a view of the stadium from its Preview Center at the Town Center shopping area off Las Vegas Boulevard.
The next stadium board meeting is set for April 12, 1:30 p.m. at the county commission chambers.
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