By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The Southern Nevada Health District administered 847 COVID-19 tests at the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium construction site during two consecutive days last week.
The Mortensen-McCarthy stadium construction team, overseeing the building of the $1.97 billion domed venue project, arranged the virus testing.
A total of seven construction workers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of more than 86,000 Americans, including 339 in the state of Nevada. It’s unclear if any of the seven stadium construction workers who tested positive so far are from the tests administered by the Southern Nevada Health District.
“My understanding (is) that the results of the (health district) testing are forthcoming,” said Jeremy Aguero, consultant for the Las Vegas Stadium Authority.
In March, Gov. Steve Sisolak said construction was essential work during the state-ordered stay-at-home directive.
Approximately 45 staff members of the health district one day and 20 the following day were involved in the tests last week, according to Stephanie Bethel of the health district’s office of communications.
“We also worked with community partners who assisted us with testing on both days as part of this effort,” Bethel wrote to LVSportsBiz.com Friday.
Here are the Nevada COVID-19 numbers as of Thursday’s end of business;
The Raiders say the 65,000-seat stadium remains on schedule to be completed July 31. The $1.97 billion stadium project includes $1.4 billion for the actual construction of the venue, with the Southern Nevada public contributing $750 million to help build the palatial stadium.
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