Raiders Stadium Construction By The Numbers
By ALAN SNEL
LVSportsBiz.com
After sitting through Thursday’s 90-minute Raiders stadium board meeting in Las Vegas, it was clear I had only one way to report this story.
It was time for the ol’ “charticle” — a term in the news business when we use numbers and photos and bits of newsy text in place of a whole written story that would have probably put you to sleep.
So, it’s the Raiders’ Top 10 Stadium Construction by the Numbers thanks to bits of stadium info harvested from chats/scrum interviews with Raiders President Marc Badain and Raiders stadium executive/pointman Don Webb.
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3
The percentage of construction workers at the Raiders stadium site who are veterans.
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5
The number of master food concessionaires that are vying for the lucrative job of selling food and drinks at the Raiders stadium. Levy Restaurants, the concessionaire at T-Mobile Arena, a couple of miles away to the north, is in the running.
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12
The approximate number of cranes at the stadium construction site west of Interstate 15 and bounded by Russell Road, Polaris Avenue and Hacienda Avenue.
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66
The percentage of construction workers at the stadium site who are either minorities or women. (Easily exceeding the Raiders’ goal of 38 percent.)
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73
The percentage of people who have purchased personal seat licenses for CLUB SEATS at Raiders stadium who are from the state of Nevada. Badain said 27 percent who bought club seat PSLs are outside Nevada.
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90
The amount of construction work in the millions of dollars per month being done at the Raiders stadium site, Webb said. He noted that with 22 work days a month, that comes out to slightly more than $4 million worth of construction work per day when workers are on site.
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500
The amount in dollars of the cheapest personal seat license (PSL) for a reserved seat at the Raiders stadium. The current cheapest PSL now is $3,900, but Badain expects the PSL for the reserved seating areas to be as low as $1,000 and $500.
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650
The number of workers on the stadium construction site. That number could inflate to 1,200 when things get even busier at the site on the west side of I-15 across from Mandalay Bay.
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25,000
The number of reserved seats available for current Oakland Raiders ticket holders to buy at the Las Vegas stadium, while another 25,000 will be available for the rest of the public after this personal seat license window closes.
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75,000
The cost of the most expensive club seat personal seat license.
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