Raiders’ Reported Attendance Was 52,359 At Coliseum Monday; Room To Grow At New Stadium In Las Vegas Starting In 2020
By Alan Snel
LVSportsBiz.com
OAKLAND — The Raiders will be generating much more ticket revenue in Las Vegas where the team can expect bigger crowds than the 52,358 fans who watched the Silver and Black defeat the Denver Broncos in the last home-opener in Oakland Monday night.
The Raiders’ reported attendance at the Coliseum was the second lowest of the 16 Week 1 games, with only the Los Angeles Chargers drawing a smaller crowd at their temporary home at Dignity Health Sports Park before the Chargers also move into their new LA stadium in 2020. The Chargers’ temporary stadium has a capacity of about 27,000.
The Raiders did fill the Coliseum to 93.5 percent of capacity — a higher first week capacity percentage than the capacities at games hosted by the Cowboys, Bucs, Jaguars and Cardinals. Eight of the Week 1 games had crowds that were at least 100 percent of capacity or more.
The Raiders’ capacity at new Allegiant Stadium is 65,000, with it being expandable to 72,000. Here’s a recent look at the stadium construction site in Las Vegas.
The average Raiders ticket was nearly $82 in 2018, so at least 12,000 more seats at the Las Vegas stadium at $82 per ticket would generate another $1 million in ticket revenue. That’s a conservative number because I suspect the average Raiders ticket at Allegiant Stadium will be more than $82.
The Las Vegas stadium authority board is meeting Monday at 11:30 a.m. Here is a Raiders update:
As you can see, personal seat license revenues are up to $320.5 million, more than the budgeted $290 million for PSLs.
Here is a Raiders monthly report signed by the team’s pointman on the stadium construction, Don Webb.
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