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The Many Sides Of Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium; Las Vegas vs Kansas City Is Game On For Sunday Night Football

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

Mark Davis said there will be no fans during the Las Vegas Raiders’ maiden season at Allegiant Stadium.

It was a difficult and crushing decision by the Raiders owner, who left a fan base back in Oakland and the East Bay ( and even fans in Southern California) to come to Las Vegs because he was building a domed stadium that was subsidized to the tune of $750 million by Southern Nevada.

Some fans have seen parts of the interior of this $2 billion stadium project thanks to the Raiders team store that has been open and even two UNLV football games. Sunday’s Raiders-Chiefs game is still set for 5:20 PM Las Vegas time and prime time on Sunday Night Football as seven Raiders defensive players placed on the COVID-19 list will be active for action. The Raiders (6-3) upset the Chiefs (8-1), 40-32, on Oct. 11.

But the vast majority of fans have settled for a look on the outside of the 65,000-seat venue. Here is LVSportsBiz.com’s Tope 10 exterior photos of the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium, with aerial photos supplied by Las Vegas photographer Tom Donoghue.

One: Location Location Location and A Playing Field That Grows Off The Strip


Two: Stadium On West Side Of Interstate and Strip On East Side


 

Three: Great Allegiant Stadium Promo For Airline Passengers


Four: Close To Strip and Airport


Five: The Raider Image Gave Fans A Peek On Non-Game Days


Six: Seeing Red

 


Seven: View From Across Interstate 15

 


Eight: Raider Nation


Nine: Allegiant Stadium’s Sign Shines Bright At Night


Ten: Sliding Doors Open

 


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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.