By Alan Snel
LVSportsBiz.com
The last steel canopy truss section was hoisted into place and installed.
And now, Raiders executives, local Las Vegas dignitaries and stadium construction people will all come together Monday morning to celebrate.
They’re having a “Topping Out Ceremony” to fulfill that construction rite of installing the last beam — or the symbolic equivalent beam — to break bread together and create a media event to foster even more media buzz around the construction of the $1.37 billion domed 65,000-seat venue. The entire project, including land costs and the construction, is up to $1.88 billion.
The business signs point to the venue being called Allegiant Stadium. Allegiant Air is based in Summerlin and is the ninth biggest airline in the U.S. known for its business model of discount fares and targeting leisure travelers. LVSportsBiz.com bicycled to the site west of Interstate 15 across from Mandalay Bay just south of Hacienda Avenue to take a look at the construction update.
People will sign the final beam Monday from 8-8:30 a.m. Then breakfast is served until 9 a.m. And then expect some speeches and stadium words from 9-9:30 a.m.
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