By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Even for a late Sunday morning, it was more quiet than usual at the Raiders stadium construction site, which typically draws a steady stream of visitors and fans posing for photos and snapping photos.
LVSportsBiz.com spent about an hour bicycling around the roads bordering the $1.97 billion stadium project, which has budgeted $1.4 billion for the actual construction of the 65,000-seat domed venues on 62.5 acres on the west side of I-15 across from Mandalay Bay.
I usually see a flow of motorists pulling up on the west side of the property along Polaris Avenue, but today it was only this friendly couple from Ontario, California. Eddie and Maria — pictured below — drove to Primm at State Line to watch a show and stay overnight before driving to the stadium to take photos.
Americans are anxious about the pandemic coronavirus impacts on their lives, health and economy. Much of the Las Vegas sports industry and entertaiment acts have gone dark as the number of people infected with COVID-19 increases across the U.S.. But Garth Brooks fans are optimistic that the social gathering recommendations will be gone by Aug. 22 as the stadium’s first major concert event was sold out in 75 minutes Friday. All 65,000 tickets were gobbled up.
The stadium board authority is scheduled to meet Thursday for an update. The meeting info includes the latest change orders. Take a look — it includes $4.4 million to build the naming rights partners’ facade and roof signs:
Here’s the latest on the project budget (public stadium authority has paid $545.8 million of its $750 million so far; the Raiders’ personal seat licenses account for $478.3 million; and Raiders’ credit make up remaining $381.2 million so far:
Here are some photo updates from the Raiders for the stadium board.
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