By The Numbers: Allegiant Stadium’s Al Davis Memorial Torch
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The Al Davis memorial torch is a prominent visual focal point in the Las Vegas Raiders’ new Allegiant Stadium.
It’s largest 3D printed structure in the world. Dimensional Innovations, a tech and fabrication company, helped build the structure. Let’s take a look at by the numbers:
Height: 93 feet. more than nine stories tall.
How was it built: 225 3D-printed blocks made of carbon fiber. It’s reinforced polycarbonate composite. Each weighs 350 pounds.
Printer: It required the use of a Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) 3D printer and five-axis router for its production.
Raw materials: More than 100,000 pounds of raw material were used to print the blocks, which were then machined on a five-axis router to a tolerance of approximately the width of a human hair.
Surface panels: 1,148 unique surface panels – made from more than over 35,000 pounds of raw aluminum, make up the reflective surface of the torch.
Mark Davis, Al Davis’ son and Raiders owner, worked closely on the project.
The stadium project was $2 billion, including $1.4 billion for the stadium construction. The Southern Nevada public subsidized construction to the tune of $750 million.
Source: 3D Adept Media
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