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Raiders Stadium Construction Site Reduced Workforce Briefly From COVID-19 But Number Of Workers Back To Normal Level

Sign at Raiders stadium construction site today.

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

There was a brief period of time when the number of construction workers dropped at the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium construction site because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that number has returned to normal for this period of the $1.97 billion stadium project, stadium consultant Jeremy Aguero said Tuesday.

Two construction workers have tested positive for coronavirus — one in March and the other this month.

The workers were sent home and were in isolation. The project’s joint venture contractor, Mortenson/McCarthy, has installed coronavirus safety signs around the perimeter of the 62.5-acre site on the west side of I-15 across from Mandalay Bay.

 

Workers have been advised to stay apart by six feet. Sanitizers have been installed at some worker entrances.

Workers at the stadium site Tuesday.

 

 

The Raiders say the 65,000-seat domed stadium is still on schedule to be completed July 31.

Construction continues at the stadium site, “respecting the additional worker safety requirements in light of COVID-19,” Aguero said.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has deemed construction an essential business. 

There have been 130 Nevadans who have lost their lives to this novel coronavirus. More than 23,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.


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Alan Snel: Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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