By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The Raiders have lined up the WWE’s “SummerSlam” event for Allegiant Stadium on Aug. 21, making it the first time the annual event has been held at an NFL stadium.
The 65,000-seat domed stadium is home for the NFL Raiders and UNLV’s football teams, but NFL team is also trying to fill the venue of the west side of I-15 with programming to drive tourist spending in metro Las Vegas.
Raiders season ticket holders will get first crack at buying tickets to this event.
The Raiders told personal seat license holders this message in an email Saturday: “As a benefit of being a PSL Holder, we are providing you with an exclusive presale opportunity to purchase tickets before the general public. This opportunity is available to you beginning Monday June 14, 2021 at 10 am PDT.
The general public gets a chance to buy tickets to SummerSlam June 18. The event’s promo said tickets start at $25.
In a prepared statement, Las Vegas native Nick Khan said he expects the event to stir up foot traffic to casinos and businesses.
Coming out of the pandemic, it was important to us to have a big event like SummerSlam in Las Vegas. We expect to deliver a great night of sports-entertainment for the people of the city and a boost in foot traffic for the casinos and local businesses –Nick Khan, WWE president & chief revenue officer
Raiders President Marc Badain called WWE’s SummerSlam “a perfect fit” for the NFL team’s stadium, which received $750 million in public dollars to build. The stadium was completed in late July after a November 13, 2017 groundbreaking.
The first Raiders game in the building in 2021 is a preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks Aug. 14, one week before SummerSlam. Tickets are available for the Raiders-Seahawks exhibition game.
The Raiders are hiring. They have a season with fans to run.
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