Raiders Stadium Watch: Construction Site Is Las Vegas Tourist Attraction
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The Raiders are piling up personal seat license, corporate sponsorship and ticket sale revenues as they prepare to open their new palatial domed stadium in Las Vegas.
But how about selling souvenirs and snacks on Sundays when a steady flow of Raiders fans comes driving by the 62-acre stadium site on the west side of Interstate 15 across from Mandalay Bay?
LVSportsBiz.com visited the stadium site around 12 noon today and saw:
^ A woman setting up a drone control unit stand on the west side of the 65,000-seat stadium under construction. She parked her car in a lot off Polaris Avenue, which borders the venue.
^ A woman parked along Polaris Avenue taking a video with her seven-year-old pug mix on a leash.
^ Three women from Redlands in Southern California stopped on Dean Martin Drive on the stadium’s east side and were elated to see the shiny exterior of the stadium. Here’s the most enthusiastic fan of the trio. She’s retiring from Albertsons.
She even has Raiders logo sunglasses.
^ An older man with a camera with a zoom lens on Polaris Avenue focusing on the west side of the stadium.
^ A teenager popped out of a car along Polaris Avenue and a woman snapped a quick photo. “I’m the Raiders fan,” the teen said.
A couple parked on the north side of the stadium on a connector road off Hacienda Avenue and walked toward the construction side to take photos.
A security worker told LVSportsBiz.com that only one motorist took the effort to activate the car’s blinkers when it stopped along Dean Martin Drive or Polaris Avenue. No safety blinkers here.
The first planted trees were seen at the stadium site, too.
The stadium will also host UNLV football games and the Las Vegas Bowl, the Pac-12 football championship game. The management company hired by the Raiders believes it can host 46 events a year. Stadium construction is on schedule to be finished July 30, 2020, the Raiders say.
How I will be beat traffic and find parking on Raiders game day in Las Vegas.
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